Hello all...
I am probably just lacking experience with Lionel cars and others may be familiar with this... However, I, as an employee of my LHS, have just learned how to couple these cars. In addition, Lionel is no longer including a manual with these cars. All this was brought to my attention by a customer who had special ordered the BNSF set recently cataloged. He was totally baffled. I was able to find a manual from an older set online, but sheesh, what are "new to the hobby" folks supposed to do?
I have sent a message, as follows, to Lionel:
We recently stocked the BNSF (item 6-81466) Maxi-Stack two car set. One set being a special order for a longtime Lionel customer. Upon getting this set home he was at a loss as to how to couple the two cars together, and to further his frustration there were no instructions included with the cars. Upon checking our remaining stock we found no instructions in any of the sets on our shelves. We recommend that you look into this as it is not obvious that the trucks need to be removed and the cars reassembled to couple them. Thank you. Cheryl Watson, Rider's Hobby Shop.
Just an FYI FWIW.
