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The Athean piggybacks/TOFC cars have the couplers mounted on a swinging arm that is moved by the truck as it pivots. The snag is that the arm is often rather stiff, and as the car is light it derails rather than moving the arm. I think Walthers have a kit to fit body-mounted couplers to these cars - personally I'm going to try one of the Walthers piggyback flats and see if they're any better, as the Athearn one didn't impress me. Mine even came with two different wheel sizes in the kit - wondered why one coupler was too low while the other was close to perfect! <br /> <br />Edit: If you want to operate piggyback consists on the curves you currently have, you might want to consider a set of Athearn Impacks - these are 5-unit spine cars that can handle trailers up to 45ft long, they sold as a pack of two end cars and another pack of three intermediate cars. Finding them will involve a bit of a hunt as they've been out of production for a while, but they're decent kits and will handle a 12in radius curve without derailments when properly assembled. Good luck!
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