recently,i had rotator cuff surgery and and had my arm in a sling for weeks,so I thought ok I will run some standard,,,,coupling up these cars was a f&
(&&(^(!!! to say the least,,,so I was thinking,why doesn't mth upgrade the latch couplers to box couplers,,then we would get someone to make a uncoupling track,,oh what fun !,,bing,,,blast this into the late 30's at least,what is your thoughts??
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I own a Standard Gauge RichArt Milwaukee Road passenger set that includes a tri-color Bipolar and five tri-color passenger cars. All came from RichArt with box couplers installed. The box couplers are plastic and are identical to the box couplers found on many if not most G scale trains. I believe you can easily find these box couplers for sale online and at any train shop that sells G scale trains and parts. Based on their appearance and what RichArt did, it should be relatively simple to replace most Standard Gauge metal couplers with these plastic box couplers.
Simply cutoff the end of a Standard Gauge coupler, drill a hole in what remains, then bolt the above box coupler to the metal end of what remains of the old coupler using the existing hole.
Bob
Those are knuckle couplers NavySeal.
A box coupler is a bit differnt if I'm not mistaken, sort of a latch between two shaft mounted bumpers.
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