Knuckle Couplers On N Scale

[johnnyjt]

When will Bachmann be equiping N scale cars and locos

with prototipical looking knuckle couplers?

I think the time has come!

JohnnyJT     
South Philly

[Conrail Quality]

Supposedly, all new runs will have dummy knuckle couplers.

Timothy

[Williamson]

Everything Bachmann has been releasing in the past year or so has featured their "dummy" knuckle coupler.

There are better looking knuckle couplers in N scale but none of them actually look strictly prototypical.

[thirdrail]

Funny, virtually all the other N scale manufacturers can equip their locomotives and cars with working magnetic knuckle couplers, but Bachmann won't spend the 38¢ license fee (per Mr. Lee Riley) to do likewise. Having been in N scale since 1968 it's no skin off my nose, but the RTR crowd really expects a model that is ready to run and not one on which the couplers have to be changed out. 

[big al]

I agree.  And changing out couplers/trucks is a real pain in the keester.  I have had a heck of a time finding trucks that fit the cars, and adding couplers to trucks or cars  is even worse.

[johnTom]

As for dummy knuckle couplers I pull them off right away and try to place MT's Micro Trains as quickly as possible ..

Tom

[GlennW]

One issue Bachmann may be dealing with is the amount of older Crapido product still in the pipeline. Hobby Lobby carries some extra rolling stock & trainsets that still have older product. The locos may not even be the "new & improved" versions. You can tell when the box has the same old packaging. I'd like to see Bachmann include a coupon to get the new knuckle couplers from the factory.

BTW the couplers seem to be oversize & may not match the MTL height. The problem is the Bachmann coupler may be too high on the shank.