Upgrading couplers on Lionel Dockside

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know how difficult it would be to upgrade the coupers on a Lionel Dockside Switcher to electrocouplers? I'm thinking about getting one and doing a TMCC upgrade, but I don't want to do it unless I can also do the coupler upgrade.

[Anonymous]

The best place to start is train america studios. Here is the link.

http://www.tastudios.com/

They should be able to help you.

[Anonymous]

I'll check with TA again, but when I talked with them a few months ago about the TMCC upgrade they did not know what would be involved in a coupler upgrade.

[dougdagrump]

Check out www.electricrr.com .They kinda specialize in the upgrades for ths smaller loco's and rolling stock. I have a beep, with TMCC and sound, from them and it runs like a charm. [^]

[Anonymous]

ElectricRR, like TA has TMCC upgrades for small locos, but I don't see anything on their site about upgrading to couplers. Since manual couplers to electrocouplers a mechanical upgrade as opposed to electronic, I don't think it's really where they specialize. Correct me if I'm wrong.