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Introduction & a bunch of questions.
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Hello, and welcome!!! I am modeling the PRR myself, and from a bit earlier, about 1956-1957 during the transition from steam to diesel. As far as your questions, I haven't seen anything available for the interiors of Athearn passenger cars. I have 2 sets of them, and love the sets nonetheless. As far as couplers, I would go with Kadee #5's. They are the industry standard. Period. I have used McHenry and find that they LOOK better than the Kadees, but do not perform as well. Mine would tend to ride over the coupler it was mated to with a long train and disconnect. I have never had this problem with Kadees. As far as wheels, I recently have been using the Life Like Proto 2000 wheels. These are steel and roll like bearings. They are available in 33" plain back, or ribbed back, and 36" wheels also. I have these now on all of my rolling stock and passenger cars. They make more noise on the tracks because of metal on metal, but they sound more real. As an additional benefit, the steel wheels keep you tracks cleaner than the plastic wheels. I would also recommend the Kadee coupler gauge to adjust your cars to "code".
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