MPC Milwaukee Road 19003 Dining Car Parts

Ultimately what I am looking to do is replace the dummy coupler(s) on one of the cars with an another coupler that I can activate on the front car.  I need the part number of that coupler so I can order it.  Milwaukee Road Baby Madison

Any help would be great!

I don't believe you can add the coupler to the existing truck on those early Milwaukee Road cars. Instead, you'll need to replace the entire truck.

The truck with operating coupler that matches those cars is 9500-50, or 600-9500-050 in current form.

I hope this helps.

TRW

Thanks TRW.  It helps, though I was hoping to just replace the coupler.  Good thing is they are easy to work on.

The body-mounted dummy couplers are unique to those cars (1973-76), and there isn't an operating equivalent that replaces them.

Lionel modified the trucks in 1977 to include the operating coupler, and that's the truck number I listed above. It's also the truck on the 19003 dining car that you mentioned.

I'm reasonably certain there's no way to mount a coupler on those early trucks. 

TRW