Couplers

[DMJ-Oregon]

New to training - just received an Empire Builder set.  Ordered a couple of additional Bachmann cars and they arrived with (knuckle - ?) couplers different than what is on the cars of the Empire Builder set.  Do all couplers need to be the same?  Set included a pack of RAPIDO couplers.

[Flare]

Ideally all couplers should be the same for inter-compatibility.

If you want to run both styles, you can make a 'conversion car' with a knuckle coupler on one end and a rapido on the other to use newer and older cars together in the same train.

[DMJ-Oregon]

Thank you.  Looks to me that what I have is (maybe) two different versions of knuckle couplers - all have rounded hooks/couplers, rather than the right angle look of the Rapido.

[Trainman203]

Photos?

[WoundedBear]

Read this link for N scale coupler information.

https://www.nscaledivision.com/information_on_couplers.htm

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