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Kadee do make a very nice range of freight cars under their own brandname, and I think Intermountain also use Kadees on their RTR cars? I'm unsure of this as I don't own any Intermountain equipment. Most RTR stock from Athearn, Lifelike Proto, Walthers, Atlas, etc now comes with Kadee clones like the Bachmann E-Z-Mate or McHenry couplers. These will, on the whole, work perfectly well with Kadees, though you will probably want to change them for Kadees as you progress in the hobby. To my mind, Kadees look nicer (metallic rather than plastic finish), work more effectively (I've not had much luck using delayed uncoupling with clone couplers), and are more reliable than other brands. Having said that, I do have three Bachmann locos using their own brand couplers that have worked superbly so far. <br /> <br />I too wish Kadee's were fitted or supplied in the box. The kit prices would probably not rise by that much - if you consider how much it must cost to package and ship those paper envelopes with the Kadees inside them, the cost of the couplers would be very low to a bulk-buyer such as a kit manufacturer. Only snag I can see if that Kadee's own sales would drop as a result, as people would not need to buy couplers seperately. <br /> <br />P.S. Lifelike Proto locos and cars use a system which makes fitting Kadees very simple. On my C-Liner and Erie-Built locos I found Kadee #58s (or #5s) were a straight swap - the original couplers used a centring spring that's identical to the Kadee one, so I just removed the coupler pocket cover, swapped in the Kadee coupler, and reassembled!
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