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    Help with Lionel 3-rail die-cast trucks/coupler products...

    Hi, Could someone please tell me what die-cast truck/coupler sets come on Lionel's modern 17000 and 27000 series Standard-O Die-cast, 2-bay, offset hoppers? They don't look like the older 6-14078 Standard-O "Bettendorf" trucks with the pull-down tabs, nor do they look like the more modern...
  2. azdiane

    Kadee mounting

    I recently went through our collection of HO rolling stock, and find I need to replace about fifty couplers. Quite a few old cars have one coupler missing, with the other coupler assembly held in place by what appears to be a spring-steel clip. I have the replacement Kadee couplers, but when I...
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    Are Kato and Micro-Trains couplers compatible?

    I'm getting back into N scale modeling after a break of about 10 years. My rolling stock is primarily Micro-Trains cars. I just got a new DCC Kato ES44AC locomotive today. I put it on a small switching layout I have set up at home and it moves around fine. The problem is that it won't couple to...
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    Lets' talk couplers

    NOW I'M NEW TO THIS SITE SO YALL MAY HAVE TALK BOUT THIS B4, BUT I NEED SUM ADVICE FRM SUM OF YU WHO BEEN IN THE GAME LONGER, I HAVE 9 EMD's F40PHS, 2 EMD F59PHI , AND 2 GE DASH 8-32BWH SOME WITH MCHENRYS, ACUMATE AND EZ MATE COUPLERS I WANT TO CONVERT ALL TO KADEES 5 SINCE I HEARD THEY R THE...
  5. Sergent couplers

    Sergent couplers

    I finally decided to switch from KD#58 couplers to Sergent engineering couplers, I have been testing them for a few months now on my SW1200's and three cars. What can I say, they look great and work great, once you get used to them. I started with this caboose. The coupler pocket had to be...
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