K4s Meets M1b Meets Godzilla

[dougnelson]

Its been a good few months and the beasts are playing together nicely.

[Englewood]

Looks like fun! Makes it all worthwile, doesn't it?

[tehachapifan]

Wow! Great layout and video! Did I detect a Doppler effect in there?

[skytop35]

Wonderful video Doug !

[chicken45]

And here we see the BLI Centipedes in their native state: static.

 

I'm having some trouble with mine.

[eric220]

And here we see the BLI Centipedes in their native state: static.

 

I'm having some trouble with mine.

One word: drawbar

 

Slightly more seriously, what about some dummy couplers that would stick together nice and tight, but separate when needed?

[jmlaboda]

Definitely nice!!!

[dougnelson]

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Slightly more seriously, what about some dummy couplers that would stick together nice and tight, but separate when needed?
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Like the Intermountain EMD F-unit plastic drawbar. Works like a charm.

[nkalanaga]

Eric:  The Precision Masters Unimates were designed for exactly that.  They came with either a T-shank or a flat shank with two mounting holes.  It it should be possible to make them fit almost anything with some brass rod and a hole drilled in the shank.

I believe someone, Fox Valley maybe, is making these again, and if not, they seem to be fairly common as old stock.

[christoph]

I replaced the drawbar by Unimates immediately when I got the Centipedes.
Using them with DC is almost impossible, so I need the Unimates to lift them off the rails      Handling a set coupled with drawbars needs more hands than I have.

[davefoxx]

And here we see the BLI Centipedes in their native state: static.

 

I'm having some trouble with mine.

@chicken45 ,

I've got Unimates in the toolbox that you're welcome to, if you would like to try them.  I use them on my IM F-units to close the coupling distance.

DFF

[skytop35]

I believe someone, Fox Valley maybe, is making these again, and if not, they seem to be fairly common as old stock.

Yes, Fox Valley !

[delamaize]

Nice man, But after having a steamer with a cam, It drives me nuts when I see them without..

[chicken45]

@chicken45 ,

I've got Unimates in the toolbox that you're welcome to, if you would like to try them.  I use them on my IM F-units to close the coupling distance.

DFF

Yes! Dave Effing Foxx FTW! I'll take a pair. Thanks!

[eric220]

For those not privy to the conversation, @chicken45 and I were discussing the situation on Friday night. I suggested the drawbar, but he doesn't want to go to all the effort of removing a whole screw every time he wants to pack them up. Some teasing may or may not have occurred.