@Keith L posted:"...We've worked with the Lionel Engineering Team and the Lionel Production team, who have in turn worked with the factory....The coupler issue has been identified. New sample couplers are going to be made, they will be thoroughly tested by Lionel, and then new couplers will be produced. The new couplers will feature improved performance and will be used on the replacement run of Brookside and Riverside cars. As mentioned, a fair amount of testing and production has to occur before we have a date for availability of replacement couplers which is also the critical path for scheduling the delivery of the replacement Brookside and Riverside cars...."
This whole statement makes me giggle. They had at least a 15 year run of proven trucks and couplers.
Someone that lives in North Carolina needs to bring Lionel one of the earlier "quality"milk cars.
It would blow their minds. 
