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These would be the old Triang Transcontinental cars right? They're now highly collectable if in decent condition, take a look at eBay and www.modelfair.com to get an idea of the prices they now reach. <br /> <br />As far as fitting Kadees is concerned, I personally wouldn't bother. These cars are massively under scale length, have very coarse wheels and no standard coupler draft gear - instead they have Triang's normal tension-lock couplings mounted on the trucks (at least, the UK versions do). I would track down some of the matching locos and operate them as a period piece rather than trying to make them compatible with modern equipment - I'm slowly working on building a set of these cars with matching locos to do just this. Should you decide you want to fit Kadees, I would suggest looking at their #508 or #505 kit as a basis - these are intended to fit Concor or other cars with truck-mounted couplers and would probably fit with a little work. Just my opinions!
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