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 Posted - February 13 2016 : 2:30:31 PM
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I received a secondhand lot of six streamlined passenger cars for Christmas. All of them had been fitted with this particular make of knuckle coupler:
Who made these? What is their intended centering mechanism?
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Posted - February 13 2016 : 3:03:48 PM
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they look a bit like sergent couplers,but could be wrong only a guess
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Posted - February 13 2016 : 3:35:54 PM
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Well, they're not. Not even close. These use coil springs like Kadees do. Someone said they might be early Kadee #4 couplers.
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Posted - February 13 2016 : 3:53:59 PM
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kadee do use similar so he could be correct,these are discontinued now
no 4
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Posted - February 13 2016 : 5:38:54 PM
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Looking at that, they seem to be the old 1950 version.
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Posted - February 18 2016 : 05:14:50 AM
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| Yes, just early Kadees.
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Posted - February 21 2016 : 8:07:49 PM
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Hey, Catfordken, where' d you find that neat Coupler ID picture? That's pretty awesome ( not to mention useful ), I"ve saved it for future reference.
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Posted - February 21 2016 : 10:52:38 PM
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If you're wanting to re-use those couplers, they require the Kadee #282 draft gear boxes. Yeah,
I did the same on taht photo. However, it does not show the Alexander Link and Pin couplers.
They also used the above draft gear boxes. They have the same "stem" as the #4 couplers do.
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Posted - February 22 2016 : 01:52:24 AM
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I actually thought of another, cheaper way to keep them centered. I'm going to see if that works first.
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