Having recently received yet 2 more rail bus sets that refused to run 'out-of-the-box', I decided to scrap the mechanical bits of all my busses and use the bodies as a basis for a coach.

Bashing the trolleys was great fun and produced some really nice coaches imho, so I'm taking the same route with the busses.

I use two bodies, either the motor car or the trailer and will cut (*) them to form an eight window coach. Luck has it that this new body has the perfect length for a flat car !

Okay, I've got several sound equipped locomotives, and have for some time. But, oddly enough, no Tsunami's or Soundtraxx of any sort.

Until tonight.... I bought one last weekend as a "Okay, I survived another Army Reserve Annual Training" self-present.

Okay, now I know what you guys are talking about. That is nice sound. I'm going to have to go in and see what I can do to tweak the others now....

The Ruphe and Tumbelle Railway has a complete hodge podge of couplers on it's fleet. There is the Bachmann EZ Mate HO couplers that come with their stuff (although I do raise them up to the proper height), Kadee On3 couplers and a few other various and sundry models. The reason I'm in this mess is that all of these fool couplers actually couple! Though sometimes getting dissimilar ones apart is a trial. Because they all "work" together I have just left whatever came with the model on.