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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe #7524 ATSF
Rd No. #78231
Lot: 5916 , Series: 78000-78299 , BLT. 1948 , Factory New
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30-Series Couplers Made Easy |
| SAM THE ANSWER MAN |
This series is to help answer the many questions about Kadee® products and to provide “Helpful Hints” to modelers using our products.
Remember, if you have a question regarding Kadee® products feel free to simply ask Kadee®.
Sam the Answer Man will only be available after 1 to 4 p.m. PST Mon-Thu to answer your Kadee® related questions or e-mail him at mail@kadee.com
Sometime this year Sam will be retiring.
Sam the Answer Man: #170 April 2021 "Easy 30-Series Couplers"
Have you adjusted to wearing a mask yet? Are they just part of your face now? Have you tried to lick your finger to turn a page or open a produce bag? Tried to wipe your nose before you pull mask off? Do you try to cover your mouth when you sneeze? Do your glasses still fog up? Is kissing now an inconvenience? How do know who the bandits and bank robbers are? How do you find a girl or boy friend when you see only part of their face, who's has the coolest mask? Can you really read their eyes? Are they smiling, frowning, or sticking their tongue at you? Hopefully the Vaccines will make a big difference and eventually bring an end to this pandemic. Life has changed so much I don't think it will ever return to the previous norm, nor should it really.
I have a couple helpful hints to pass on that some of you guys may have figured out already.
Those of you that have a challenge assembling our 30 series couplers there is an option to look at. By using our #252 draft gear box, only sold separately, and an appropriate whisker coupler is the equivalent to a 30 series coupler and so much easier to assemble. The whisker coupler choice has the same last digit as the 30 series coupler you want to duplicate. When you need a #38 coupler use a #148 whisker coupler, a #33 use a #143, a #37 use a #147 with the #252 box. The last digit in each of our HO coupler series are the same configuration in each series. Couplers ending in 8 like the #28, #38, #58, #148, and #158 all are medium length center set couplers and this applies to all the series. So when you get to the point where 30 series couplers are difficult to assemble use a whisker coupler of the appropriate number and a #252 draft gear box. Also, the lid on the #252 snaps on the box to keep the assembly securely together.
For many years we have recommended avoiding a metal to metal coupler mounting. Years ago many locomotives were wired in a way to make the metal frame chassis "hot". To avoid a "possible" short through the metal coupler we either use the draft gear box as an insulator or, where necessary, we used a 20 or 30 series coupler as they have a plastic shank and head but still have a metal knuckle. The plastic shank insulated the chassis when the coupler was mounted directly to a metal surface for whatever reason, mostly to achieve the correct coupler height. On newer locomotives this may not be necessary but few would require a metal to metal coupler mounting anyway.
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