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 Posted - October 08 2017 : 8:20:33 PM
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While saving off waw's information about Gilbert HO, I stumbled across this in my archives and thought I'd post it. The sheer quantity of coupler styles and variations is amazing.
In case the print is too small on your browser, here is the URL: https://kadee.com/animation/c1.htm
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Posted - October 08 2017 : 9:33:14 PM
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WOW!! That is an amazing variety of different couplers!
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Posted - October 08 2017 : 10:47:54 PM
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| Very cool picture! What's even more amazing is there are lots more couplers not even shown. If one ever wanted a challenge, try collecting HO couplers...
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Posted - October 09 2017 : 11:18:49 AM
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pretty cool 
the 1954 Varney looks more like a European style coupler 
Which even now is still used
I did read in a train magazine where a real shortline used real 1:1 Kadee magnetic couplers & magnets on the rails
well it did work but crazy things happened
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Posted - October 09 2017 : 11:35:49 AM
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Excellent post. I'm a little surprised the MDC couplers aren't represented though.
I'm old enough to remember layout artcles in magazines where several of those coupler types were still in use!
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Posted - October 09 2017 : 6:52:51 PM
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quote:| Very cool picture! What's even more amazing is there are lots more couplers not even shown. If one ever wanted a challenge, try collecting HO couplers... |
The lovely lady is complaining about my having too many trains, imagine what she would say if I started collecting couplers!!!
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Posted - October 09 2017 : 7:05:14 PM
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| Well, you could drink beer and watch TV...
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Posted - October 12 2017 : 7:49:24 PM
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MDC couplers.
Bottom row. Tenth from the right.
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Posted - February 04 2018 : 08:58:00 AM
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This is a dig-up but I don't care.
I have a number of those 1950-issue Kadees or similar. They came attached to the lot of old Athearn streamline cars I got a couple years ago.
Feedback-hungry attention w****
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Posted - February 10 2018 : 5:39:22 PM
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I have this saved to my laptop because I refer to it at least once a month In disassembling older models and sorting out salvaged parts stockpiles, I have found at least a few types not in this image. Will have to dig out my box I keep them all in sometime and make an addendum to this
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Posted - February 10 2018 : 8:43:28 PM
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PRR 4800,
Glad this came in handy. Here is a thought. Why not add the new couplers to the list and send back out?
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Posted - February 12 2018 : 11:44:21 AM
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I have several of the Devore & Roundhouse variety off of old cars. Any spares in that stockpile PRR? I need buncha parts as well.
sim-al2
Also since they cut track maintaince the trains had huge trouble making over the railroad by the end
純那
yeah
They did a Rock Island volountarily
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