8. I clipped off the sides of the old mounting area
and the screw post mount to make a flat surface.
I then assembled a #5 box with a #24 Kadee cou-
pler. Kadee calls for a Bachmann GS-4 to have a
#37, but the #24 is shorter and more prototypical.
Again a screw is used. The hole was reamed with
the 3/32” drill.
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9. Finished tender coupled to the REA baggage car.
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Upgrading passenger couplers -
STEP 2: New coupler mount
Continued ...
MRH-May 2014