I received my Union Pacific box car item #6-85408 yesterday & in the box was these two items ,i have no clue what they are for & there was no instructions in the box to indicate what they are for ,or where they go ,i looked on the lionel web site & i don't see any place where they could be put ,anybody have any idea what these are for ?
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That's mounting hardware to convert to scale Kadee couplers.
If one so desires.
They look like mounting pads/boxes for Kadee couplers, designed to mount on the body of the freight car. Look and see if there are corresponding threaded holes on each end of the underside of the car, at the centerline.
Holy crap!! I need that car for my 1943! Didn’t even know that existed
Ricko & Hot Water , You are right there are 4 holes underneath near each coupler & i did read somewhere that this car was easily converted to Kadee couplers ,however ,i don't know which way these brackets would face if i were to convert to Kdee coulters but it doesn't matter i have no intention of doing that at this time ,but thank you for responding so quickly .
Jack i pre -ordered it in the 2018 catalog a year ago & just got it now .
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