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I bought a nice looking Aristo-Craft flat car at a local train show back in September.

 

Today was the first time I put it behind my other (Bachmann) rolling stock and couldn't keep it on the track.  The couple knuckle has a slightly different design than the Bachmann knuckle and they don't seem to mate very well.

 

Anyone know of a Bachmann part number for a truck with coupler that I can use to replace the Aristo-Craft assembly?  The Aristo truck is plastic with plastic wheels and all my Bachmann trucks have metal wheels.

 

Or can the Aristo coupler be modified to work with the Bachmann coupler?

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Mike,

 

I went ahead and ordered trucks from Bachmann to replace the Aristo-Craft trucks.  The coupler on the Aristo truck is about 1/4" higher than the Bachmann couplers.  I can (actually did) fix the coupler so they'll mate with the Bachmann, but being it only mates with about 1/2 the face I decided to order some.  The Bachmann trucks fit the Aristo flatcar fine.

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