Upgrading passenger couplers -
S
ometimes a model manufacturing company has a hard
time evolving. In particular, their products might not lend
themselves to prototypical operation. Being locked in the
70s can be a company’s worst nightmare. I found such a com-
pany when purchasing the only great-looking Southern Pacific
Daylight passenger cars on the market. Okay, they don’t have
interiors, but who runs along their layout looking inside their
A one evening project eliminating truck
mounted couplers ...
Upgrading
Passenger car
couplers
– by Dirk Reynolds
Model Photos by the author
1. New Kadee couplers for
my SP GS-4 tender and
REA baggage car.
MRH-May 2014
