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[quote user="Water Level Route"] I'm guessing Sargent couplers.[/quote] They are excellent, if a bit fussy on the initial assembly.  The E types come in 4 parts, with what I consider as an optional 5th.   Assembly with the assembly jig is pretty straight forward.  The double shelf couplers look and work like the prototype (if you stringline, it all will stay coupled).   I currently use E type, SBE and SE types.  I have a few H types that I will put together at some point, but Im modeling passenger cars built before before 1940, so I dont think I actually need them, and also they are not very forgiving on coupler height, so that may be an issue. They are less expensive than Kadee, and assembled pre-directions, work perfectly.  They do not couple to Kadee, so at the moment I am in a transitional stage, about half my rolling stock has been converted, and Im getting to those cars that I started out gluing coupler boxes.... also intermountain cars.. coupler boxes glued shut.  <--Insert Price is Right Loosing Horn..> Other than my own short sightedness (Kadee #5s were awesome, why would I ever switch to something else), I have had few if any problems converting my fleet.  Some cars required more work than others, but most already had the differing coupler heights sorted out.
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