@Mannyrock posted:Thanks Adriatic.
You always go the distance!
Mannyrock
..and sometimes I keep going right off the edge too. 
(I can be steered a little 
)
I had a postwar plate style Lionel- coupler hanging on it's slighted modded axle tabs, off Marx truck axles, for a tilt&lobster "Janus". The extra drag on the axles was noticable and I swapped in a Lionel Fast angle truck for a transition car used to pull Marx behind Lobsters. (a transition car has a different coupler on each end for cross brand runs)
And because they are a "thing" now, Menards couplers sometimes need some filing in the pocket and knuckle to slip over some Lionels at all. (but for the price per car, "where is my rattail file".) Even if it fits at first, the coupled angle will bind early unless you trim.
The metal ones need some massaging too, but less and in different spots.
(they really aren't rated for 0-27 but this helps that bigger angle too. Steps in the way of swinging become an issue for some at that point)
All of Lionels lobsterclaws do not engage well with each other either.
There have been some slightly bigger and some slightly smaller over the decades. Most do though, so it's normally just a matter of changing car order around when it happens.
The worst offenders are the early cast metal vs later larger plastic ones.
Cast metal Lionel dummies solidly mounted on a pilot are even smaller yet. The Scale City dummy mentioned fits both, but they dont fit eachother.
