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Kadees are, in my opnion, the best couplers. They will work with other brands of knuckle couplers such as McHenry and Bachmann E-Z mates and have been a standard for many years. As I understand it, they offer a special mounting kit for the Athearn cars you mention - this replaces the stock mounting with a system that does not rely on the trucks to swing the coupler mounting arms in a similar manner to most full-length passenger cars. <br /> <br />As far as wheels are concerned, this is more of a problem. I find Lifelike Proto wheelsets fit well in Athearn trucks - these are available in 28in, 33in and 36in sizes. Your best bet may be to buy one pack of each to check - 33in and 36in wheels are fairly common so you're unlikely to waste money by doing this. <br />
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