Kadee

Kadee Quality Products was established in 1940 by identical twin brothers Keith and Dale Edwards.

Their claim to fame and financial success came when they developed and patented their HO knuckle coupler which became the de facto standard in the hobby in the USA, even if the NMRA defined X2f coupler was the norm.

[1] It is becoming increasingly adopted by serious modellers in the UK and other English-speaking countries because of its potential as a hands-free automatic and/or delayed coupler that permits shunting moves etc remote from the operator without the use of switched uncoupling devices.

Earlier models can be retro-fitted with #5 or #146 couplers by cutting off the couplings originally fitted and replacing with a draft box and the appropriate Kadee unit.

When the brothers split, Keith established Micro-Trains Line in Talent, Oregon, about 30 mi (48 km) from White City.