ozzman,

The short answer is no. The long answer is, if you change couplers to Kadee z scale couplers, yes. With the Kadees you can use any number of magnets. The conversion can be a real pain. Sticking with stock M couplers, their uncoupling track works the best. I even find it difficult to uncouple them by hand. It seems they were designed to uncouple if you lift a car straight up but that's about it - and that's not very prototypical.

Chris

Yes; it's a bit of a problem!

Thanks for the responses. As far as the trains themselves are concerned I'm an "operate out of the box" man, other than a bit of weathering. Which means that I'll stick with the Marklin uncoupling track.

Thanks Tom, I'd appreciate it if you could post that url. I'm like you - more questions than answers, but that's the way you find things out. And, the members here seem genuinely ready to help.

Thanks Tom. It looks like an interesting product.

I used to exhibit Z gauge layouts way back in the eighties so lifting stock bodily upwards wasn't really an option.
I found the Marklin uncoupling tracks worked pretty well and reliably.
If I had to uncouple anything by hand I found that using a pointy object such as a cocktail stick and stabbing one of the couplings downwards worked well. As you pushed it down the two couplers would spring inwards one over the top of the other so they didn't couple up again when you withdrew the stick. The two items of stock would then sit there still in position but not coupled. Not very prototypical but better than actually grabbing hold of the coach or wagon and it was the best I could come up with.

I am using Micro Train Lines magnetic couplers and the uncoupling process is very easy with some small neodymium magnets. See this video for demonstration:

Z Scale Monster sells replacement couplers for Märklin: http://www.zscalemonster...m/mt/coupler/coupler.htm

The product is #902 Short Shank Couplers

BR,
Eino