When I purchased a black 1218 passenger set a couple of years ago, it came with this baggage car. It has a joy line coupler on one end and a normal American Flyer coupler on the other end. Has anyone seen something like this before?
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with slightly worn Type II trucks, this car looks to be from the early 1920's so The Joy Line production was still a few years off when this set was made. i assume the other coupler on this car is the standard "garter-loop" type that is tabbed into the frame as a sliding coupler? my guess is that the cars were adapted to run with a different loco/ tender and other couplers types are sometimes too large for the narrow slot in the Flyer coupler.
coupler height sometimes comes into play, but a large assortment of prewar cars from different manufacturers are very compatible with each other.
may just be a mistake from the factory.
must have been a "Monday" job.
they had left over parts trying to use up
and put two different couplers on it
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