Kadee couplers

On my Proto2000 Santa Fe, I realized that my couplers were behaving erratically.. On further analysis, I saw that my couplers were actually broken. Their small leaf spring has come out and thus they are not catching on to my rolling -stock.

This gave me a good excuse to go out to a hobby shop and away I went to Pasadena, CA.. I had my mind already sent on Kadee (www.kadee.com), and the shopkeeper strenghtened my beliefs. So I got myself a couple of new ones from Kadee.

Assembling them was a snap. Kadee provided me the box in which the couplers are housed. So I just used that. These couplers are metallic, with an actual spring!

These go well with my rolling stock and now I don't have any issues!

What is this about?

I think internet has been a very valuable to me for information, comments on a particular topic and fun. This is my humble attempt to give back some of my learnings.

There are really two things that I decided I will write about - Model Railroad and Digital Photography. I do not claim myself to be an expert for either of them, however, I do think that if I were to provide my thoughts to the world (other than sales and marketing consulting, thermosciences, energy management or how to ride a bicycle), these would be the best.


I have been a big fan of trains, since my childhood days and always wanted to make a small model of electric train. Of course, growing up in a small town in India, I did not realize that there are people out there, who do these sort of things, fulltime basis! But about an year and half back, I realized that I could build my own model railroad. So I went ahead and got a started train set. I have't stopped since.


I also had a keen interest in photography. I bought my first DSLR (Nikon D70), about 3 or so years back. I have been trying to take some good pictures and improving my skills as I go along... The next "thing" I am looking to buy is a speedlight.. Maybe Nikon SB-600.. We will see...