02-21-2010, 07:47 PM
Nice work, Ralph and well-worth the 40 year wait. 
Those couplers are an early style of Kadees and are the same ones which I used when I started out in HO. They used a diamond-shaped mechanically operated uncoupling device, which forced apart the pins projecting from the knuckles. I was disappointed when they were discontinued, forcing me to switch to the magnematics, not only because of the cost but also because I think that they're better-looking.
I still use them on some of my maintenance-of-way equipment, such as this flatcar:
![[Image: Foe-toesfromfirstcd094.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/MofW%20equipment/Foe-toesfromfirstcd094.jpg)
...and this crane's boom tender:
![[Image: 2007-01-10112.jpg]](http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/doctorwayne/MofW%20equipment/2007-01-10112.jpg)
Wayne
Puddlejumper Wrote:What kind of couplers are those?
Those couplers are an early style of Kadees and are the same ones which I used when I started out in HO. They used a diamond-shaped mechanically operated uncoupling device, which forced apart the pins projecting from the knuckles. I was disappointed when they were discontinued, forcing me to switch to the magnematics, not only because of the cost but also because I think that they're better-looking.
I still use them on some of my maintenance-of-way equipment, such as this flatcar:
...and this crane's boom tender:
Wayne