Couplers for Tomix Track Cleaning Cars

[rhwood]

I have a Tomix track cleaning car that I equipped with a decoder so I can use it during normal operations. However, It is my only piece of rolling stock without knuckle couplers.

Does anyone have a recommended set of micro trains couplers to equip this machine with?

(BTW, I used a purpose built decoder that cost about $25 including shipping from Japan that I have no qualms about recommending.)

[C855B]

Body-mount 1015s should work just fine. I have True Scale Couplers on both of mine.

There are some slight gymnastics involved. You'll want to pay attention to where the mounting holes end-up. IIRC the weights carry current and are separated by a divider molded into the body, so you don't want the screw bridging the weights. I also had to carve out the divider where the screw would fall, otherwise the hole would drill off-center.

[rhwood]

@Mike: Thank you for the advice.

Mine will be running on 12" curves (the minimum radius on an NTRAK green line), possibly with shorter engines (switchers). Will the body mounts interfere with that?

Randall

[MK]

(BTW, I used a purpose built decoder that cost about $25 including shipping from Japan that I have no qualms about recommending.)

So how does one order one of these?  I went to the page and couldn't find any way to order one or at least see the ordering/shipping procedures.

[rhwood]

I used Google Translate to read that site, and ordered using email and an offer to pay via Paypal. Here's the ordering instructions in English via Google Translate: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsnjpn.com%2Fngdcc%2Fdf4tcl%2Fdf4_7tclj.htm

And here is the (partly redacted) email I sent to order@snjpn.com:

I would like to place an order to:

Name:
   Randall Wood
Email Address:
   [EMAIL ADDRESS]
Ship to:
   Randall Wood
   [HOME ADDRESS]
   USA
Items:
   Quantity   Description
   1      DF 4.7 tcl tomix cleaning car exclusive decoder
Payment method:
   Invoice [EMAIL ADDRESS] via Paypal.com
Command station:
   Digitrax DCS 100
Scale:
   N Scale (1:160)

Thank you,
Randall Wood

Hope it helps.

[MK]

Oh cool!  Thank you.  I didn't think you had to order via e-mail.  How long did you have to wait from Japan?

[rhwood]

It was less than two weeks parcel post (I didn't record specifics, so unfortunately that is the most specific I can get).

Randall