What coupler for IHC passenger cars

[DAVID FORTNEY]

picked up some new IHC passenger but of course with X2F couplers. So what kadee would be the best bet? 

[ctyclsscs]

I don't know if you want to consider this, but I had some older Rivarossi cars that I wanted to fit with new couplers. I didn't really care if they were truck or body mounted since I mainly run them at shows once in a while.

I found that McHenry makes some with a long arm that snaps right into the truck. The model number just depends on what you have.

http://www.athearn.com/Search/Default.aspx?CatId=THCC

Jim

 

 

[zstripe]

DAVID FORTNEY

picked up some new IHC passenger but of course with X2F couplers. So what kadee would be the best bet? 

 

David,

http://www.kadee.com/conv/pdf/i140.pdf

And...

For streamlined 4-wheel, #508

Take Care! 

Frank

[ndbprr]

If you are not going to switch out cars you could use drawbars. Screw one end of the drawbar to one end of a car. On the other end install a screw and cut the head off so it makes a pin to go in a hole in the other end of the drawbar. No sense spending money for kadees.

[Guy Papillon]

Although I would not consider anything else than Kadees for my freight cars, I put McHenry long shanked couplers on my IHC passenger cars because I have some tight curves on the layout and couldn't use body mounted couplers for such long cars. 

I didn't have any problem with them.

 

[DAVID FORTNEY]

ctyclsscs

I don't know if you want to consider this, but I had some older Rivarossi cars that I wanted to fit with new couplers. I didn't really care if they were truck or body mounted since I mainly run them at shows once in a while.

I found that McHenry makes some with a long arm that snaps right into the truck. The model number just depends on what you have.

http://www.athearn.com/Search/Default.aspx?CatId=THCC

Jim

 

You gave me the perfect solution, thank you and to all others who responded.  I will make a transition car to put behind the locomotive and I'll keep the X2F's on the others because when coupled they couple close and you really can't see the coupler. Plus they stay together. 

Thanks again guys for your help,

dave 

 

[G Paine]

zstripe

David,

http://www.kadee.com/conv/pdf/i140.pdf

And... For streamlined 4-wheel, #508 Take Care! Frank

The kadee 505 mentioned above is for a heavyweight car (6 wheel truck), use the #508 if your cars are lightweight (4 wheel trucks). I have used both and they work well; just read the instructions carefully for the first couple.