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And possibly a tool to bend the uncoupling pin up just a little, most of them pop out of the factory always a hair too low. You may want to buy small rings designed to go onto your truck screws and raise your entire carbody with the coupler on it to the correct height. Over time you will see that as stated above, they include knuckle couplers in some rolling stock but they are not the Metal Kaydees that can stand up to the wear and tear. My recent BLI PRR J1 2-10-4 had a plastic McHenry type coupler on the front. It was promptly destroyed by the action of double heading. Replacing that with a Kaydee led to grounding issues which is being looked at. Bottom line, I disregard any model with Talgo type couplers, horn and hook couplers except to check the Kaydee list for a potential "Drop-in" replacement It is a never ending battle. There is much good information to be found in this thread and I want to wish you the best of luck in your coupler adventures.
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