Re: (erielack) Riverossi Erie Lackawanna Passenger Car sets

["Bill K." <"pontiac_@_dreamscape.com">]

Someone makes snap-in plastic Kadee compatible couplers for these.   MCH-3
or MCH-5 is the part number, so I want to say they're McHenry...  they come
on a brown card with a plastic box.   Take care in snapping them in and out
so as not to damage the pin on the truck...     if you can find them Kadee
made a coupler adapter for these cars also, but I am not sure if it is
still available.

As for the trucks, IHC versions of these cars had a snap in pin which may
be available seperately, but I have examples of these cars that are older
than *I* am (25) and the trucks are still secure.    If I had one get loose
I would probably take the car apart and put a dab of CA on the top side of
the pin, though.   These cars were good in their time and will track around
18" curves.. pretty good for full length cars, but it's because the tooling
dates to the '60's that the trucks are the way they are.

Bill K.

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> From: Michael T. Stipanovich <"duckman_@_coastalnet.com">
> To: ErieLackawanna mailing list <"erielack_@_internexus.net">
> Subject: (erielack) Riverossi Erie Lackawanna Passenger Car sets
> Date: Friday, December 24, 1999 8:56 AM
> 
> Good Day Everyone,
>                                I just recently bought the Rivarossi Erie
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> Lackawanna Passenger Car Sets Era 1920's, product code #6930 A set, and =
> 6931 B Set.  The detailing is very good, on the car bodies, and the =
> trucks, but the trucks construction I'm not very impressed with.  I =
> don't like  the fact that they just snap in place, vice screw in place, =
> and the coupling horns look like they will be a bear to change over to a
=
> form of magnetic knuckle coupling system.  Are there any of you modelers
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> out there that knows if there are different/better trucks to use, or if =
> there is a specific company such as Kadee that has a specific numbered =
> coupler that will make a reasonably easy change over?
> Thanks=20
> Michael T. Stipanovich
> "duckman_@_coastalnet.com"
> 
> 
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