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I am bringing my sentimental favourite, Santa Fe 3060 into the 21st century so I can give it the occasional run on my (yet to be built) digital layout.
High performance motor and MFX installed with sound. I am on the hunt for improved lighting - particularly number boards and drivers cab such as dome in the latest F7, 39620.
One aspect that I never liked was the appearance of the couplers. Has anyone had a crack at upgrading these to kadees? If so, how?
Regards,
Michael.
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Forum member Alberto Pedrini did that: Link: https://www.marklin-user...ndP--NYC--ARR#post461609In post 863 he published a photo of his SOO F7 with a Kadee coupler in the front, and in posts 868 and 869 he is hinting a little bit how he achieved this (using NEM pocket included in loco box). I just ordered myself the Maerklin EMD F7 front skirt snow plow set as replacement part to experiment. Edited by user 20 January 2016 13:35:47(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Token  I am bringing my sentimental favourite, Santa Fe 3060 into the 21st century so I can give it the occasional run on my (yet to be built) digital layout.
High performance motor and MFX installed with sound. I am on the hunt for improved lighting - particularly number boards and drivers cab such as dome in the latest F7, 39620.
One aspect that I never liked was the appearance of the couplers. Has anyone had a crack at upgrading these to kadees? If so, how?
Regards,
Michael. Hello Michael, Ak and all See pictures   I use the short centerset shank for the rear of the 4060, the long centerset for the front. Mounted with simple M2 x 8 screw + nut and a drop of loc-tite to keep it in place, still allowing the coupler to move laterally. Works perfectly for me, including when I use US style non Märklin rolling stock like Whalters , Athearn, etc. And very easy/not messy to return to original Märklin set up if I need to. The info on couplers part numbers is here: http://www.kadee.com/htm.../HO-Scale%20Couplers.htmHope this helps Jacques Edited by user 20 January 2016 15:41:46(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Alsterstreek I just ordered myself the Maerklin EMD F7 front skirt snow plow set as replacement part to experiment. Here are the snow plows for the EMD F7: With simple hooks looking better than the normal couplers, but no possibility to convert to Kadee...  Edited by user 10 February 2016 09:28:11(UTC)
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 Joined: 23/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 426 Location: Northern California
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Hi Michael & All, I too have thought a lot about improving the looks and operation of my vintage Märklin F7 diesels, Especially the couplers. On all my multi units I use the drawbars between locos. I like the looks of Jacque's solution for the Kadee's and may have to give that a try as well. For the Kadee's, I used the #17 with the Märklin E203679 pocket:   They are litle bit too long for my taste but seem to work well with the Trix freight car couplers. For looks I prefer the early style dummy coupler that came with the California Zephyr:   I have tried to find the part number to check on availability, if anybody knows it, please let us know...  Cheers, Gordon
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Joined: 01/03/2008(UTC) Posts: 2,883 Location: South Western France
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Originally Posted by: 3rail4life Hi Michael & All,
I too have thought a lot about improving the looks and operation of my vintage Märklin F7 diesels, Especially the couplers. On all my multi units I use the drawbars between locos. I like the looks of Jacque's solution for the Kadee's and may have to give that a try as well.
For the Kadee's, I used the #17 with the Märklin E203679 pocket
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Cheers,
Gordon I tried that too, but like you did not like the looks.. Besides Kadee's for NEM pockets are more expensive.. One problem I still need to solve is finding a proper centering spring solution. Sometimes I need to re-center the coupler before hooking up the train. But it works perfectly: my UP DLS freight made of a 4 x UP F7 A+B+B+B units + 25 (unmodified) Athearn stock cars makes its rounds without uncoupling or derailment. Cheers Jacques |
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