Knuckle Couplers

[johntmayo]

I am new to N scale and was wondering if Bachmann has working knuckle couplers

[ACY]

It depends...if it was made recently (this year or late last year) then it does, if it was made before that it, it would have dummy knuckles, and if it was made in the early 2000s or earlier then it would have Rapido couplers.

[freeloaderfred]

Is it possible to retrofit older Bachmann units with the newer couplers?
Even if we have to acquire new(er) trucks to accomplish this, it would seem to be worth it.

[Franz T]

Is it possible to retrofit older Bachmann units with the newer couplers?
Even if we have to acquire new(er) trucks to accomplish this, it would seem to be worth it.

Real easy. Micro-Trains makes knuckle couplers and draft gear boxes  to fit directly in place of the crapidos and their boxes on older Bacmann locos. You can also replace truck mounted couplers with body mounted ones such as M-T's 1015...
Check out M-T's website for conversion charts and details.

http://www.micro-trains.com/ConversionsN.php

[johntmayo]

Thanks to all for your help.  I really appreciate it and the info provided by all of you is great.