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Coupler suggestion for Tyco and the likes?

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Posted by "JaBear" on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 2:46 PM

George Paine does a very good tutorial, here...

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/194011.aspx

and here...

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/194274.aspx

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Posted by nemesys on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 2:12 PM

mbinsewi

 

 
nemesys
What kind of trucks did you put on those?

 

Well, since I model from the late 90's on up, I use Athearn 100 ton trucks.  It will depend on your time period.  50 ton, 70 ton, or 100 ton?

There are lots of excellent choices for trucks, along with styles.  Everybody has their own "go to". 

Mike.

 

I was not aware of the Athearn trucks. Are these snapping in place, replacing the cheap original plastic ones?

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Posted by mbinsewi on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 1:58 PM

nemesys
What kind of trucks did you put on those?

Well, since I model from the late 90's on up, I use Athearn 100 ton trucks.  It will depend on your time period.  50 ton, 70 ton, or 100 ton?

There are lots of excellent choices for trucks, along with styles.  Everybody has their own "go to". 

Mike.

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Posted by MisterBeasley on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 1:18 PM

I replaced my Tyco trucks with Tichy trucks and added body mounted Kadee couplers.  The trucks were painted with rust colored primer beforehand and Intermountain wheelsets were added.

There was a huge improvement in appearance and rolling resistance.

Mine were old metal frame cars with screw mounted trucks.  Those press fit plastic trucks may need to have the booster holes filled and redrilled.

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Posted by nemesys on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 12:44 PM

mbinsewi

Here's a link to Kadee's page for Tyco conversions.  Scroll down to rolling stock.

https://www.kadee.com/hocc_tyco.htm

In the past, I've used the #148 whisker coupler along with the Kadee Talgo truck adapter.  It works pretty good.

Since then, I've replaced the trucks and body mounted the couplers.

Mike.

 

 

Thanks, Mike. I have some Talgo adapters coming.

What kind of trucks did you put on those?

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Posted by mbinsewi on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 12:15 PM

Here's a link to Kadee's page for Tyco conversions.  Scroll down to rolling stock.

https://www.kadee.com/hocc_tyco.htm

In the past, I've used the #148 whisker coupler along with the Kadee Talgo truck adapter.  It works pretty good.

Since then, I've replaced the trucks and body mounted the couplers.

Mike.

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Coupler suggestion for Tyco and the likes?
Posted by nemesys on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 11:52 AM

Sometimes, I see some nice Tyco freight cars that I'd like to add to my collection. However, most of them still use those horn-hook couplers on those clip-in trucks. Anybody has a replacement for those so that I could put Kadee couplers on them?

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