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Proto 1000 ALCO RS2 couplers

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Proto 1000 ALCO RS2 couplers
Posted by bearman on Monday, July 3, 2017 2:12 PM

Can anyone direct me to an exploded view of the RS2 coupler box?

Bear "It's all about having fun."

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Posted by cudaken on Monday, July 3, 2017 3:11 PM

 Well I could have, till Photo Bucket went Rail Spike on us! Angry Why do you ask? Missing yours? I know they will take Kadee #5's. Just so happens I started running my C&O RS2 when I saw the your post.

 Cuda Ken

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Posted by Guy Papillon on Monday, July 3, 2017 6:24 PM

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Posted by jjdamnit on Monday, July 3, 2017 6:55 PM

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Posted by bearman on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 6:23 AM

Guy, thank you.  That diagram works.  Cuda, the plastic windows came unglued from the shell, and removing the shell to readhere the windows meant removing the coupler screws and the box.  Whenever I remove couplers I replace them with Kadees, in this case #148, but then I realized that assembling the coupler box was different than any of the other couplers I have on my locomotives and cars. 

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Posted by BRAKIE on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 12:59 PM

If your RS2 is a newer model it should have the Protomax II coupler..These are all metal and identical to KD number 5s. These are the only couplers I don't automatically changed out to KD 148s.

Larry

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Posted by bearman on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 1:05 PM

No, Larry, it is an older model.

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