N-Possible Coupler Announcement (Nashville 2022)

[peteski]

These couplers are not compatible with any other N scale couplers????

They are accurately scaled and as such they are incompatible with most of the oversize N scale knuckle couplers on the market today.  You have to make a complete move to N-Possibles.

[C855B]

They are accurately scaled and as such they are incompatible with most of the oversize N scale knuckle couplers on the market today.  You have to make a complete move to N-Possibles.

I believe Andrew said somewhere along the line that his are somewhat compatible with MTL TSC, another near-scale knuckle. Not fully operationally, of course, but you can apparently run a train with a mix of the two.

Personally, I really like the TSC for their appearance and no-slinky operation, but they can be stubborn to kiss-couple if not perfectly aligned, and uncoupling requires a dental pick. Also, the lack of conversions is a serious hindrance; I don't have the time to hack on every not-a-boxcar in the fleet with molded-on "1015-compatible" boxes.

I'm looking forward to the N-Possible and may well jump ship if it's everything we've heard and seen so far.

[Mark5]

They are accurately scaled and as such they are incompatible with most of the oversize N scale knuckle couplers on the market today.  You have to make a complete move to N-Possibles.

Kind of like when we moved on from this:



To Kadee Microtrains couplers. 

If these pan out as expected, this will be a huge paradigm shift.

Meanwhile, I wait patiently - hoping these will be widely available by the time I start my next layout (summer).



Mark

[Chris333]

What if these were molded in engineering plastic. I know there was a guy doing injection molding in his garage.

[garethashenden]

For those of you who have used them, how are they at uncoupling? Most N scale couplers are a pain to uncouple. Ideally these separate as easily as they couple, but only when asked. What tools and techniques are used to open them?

[sizemore]

For those of you who have used them, how are they at uncoupling? Most N scale couplers are a pain to uncouple. Ideally these separate as easily as they couple, but only when asked. What tools and techniques are used to open them?

You have to say please first.



The S.