While it may be true that it was related to the way the part comes out of the mold, Micro-Trains seemed to imply it was an improvement in the pulling power ("draft") of the coupler as well. MT "reverse draft angle" couplers theoretically stay coupled better in longer trains, according to the manufacturer. I happened to be doing some research in an old MR (Dec '96) and stumbled upon one of the earlier ads for the RDA coupler that at least indicates what MT was saying about them at the time. In actual use, I don't notice any difference between cars with RDA couplers and those with older "non-RDA" couplers, but my small switching layouts don't present much of a test of coupler pulling performance anyway. And there is no difference in coupler height between RDA and non-RDA of the same type. Regards, Byron
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