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Earl

December 31, 2009 04:18PM

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The D&RGW (and other Colorado NG roads) used full sized MCB couplers - just like SG roads. Many other NG roads used 3/4 size MCB couplers.

The two sizes of couplers have different profiles and will not couple together.

Changing truck designs under a car depends on center bowl size and design as well as how the brake rigging is set up. A D&RGW 3'7" truck is designed to be used with body mounted, outside hung brake rigging. While it might fit under a different car, but there will be no brakes.

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Mixing and matching couplers and trucks on narrow gauge railroads	Kevin S.	December 31, 2009 04:07PM
Re: Mixing and matching couplers and trucks on narrow gauge railroads	Earl	December 31, 2009 04:18PM
Re: Mixing and matching couplers and trucks on narrow gauge railroads	Fred Folk	December 31, 2009 04:20PM
coupler size list	bcp	December 31, 2009 04:47PM
Re: coupler size list	jessica stacey	December 31, 2009 05:16PM
Re: coupler size list	J.B.Bane	December 31, 2009 06:25PM
Re: coupler size list	John E. Bull	December 31, 2009 07:17PM
Re: coupler size list	Jerry Huck	December 31, 2009 07:59PM
Re: coupler size list	Jim Grigsby	January 01, 2010 12:15PM
Re: coupler size list	Abqfoamer	December 31, 2009 10:17PM
Re: coupler size photo	bcp	December 31, 2009 08:07PM
Re: coupler size list	Phil Raynes	December 31, 2009 08:33PM
Re: coupler size list	bcp	December 31, 2009 10:37PM
coupler size	Jeff Taylor	January 01, 2010 04:58AM
Re: coupler size	Brian Norden	January 01, 2010 12:39PM
Re: coupler size list	Skip	January 01, 2010 08:14PM
Re: coupler size list	Brian Norden	January 01, 2010 11:38PM
Re: coupler size list- Miller Hook is legal Automatic coupler	John E. Bull	January 02, 2010 07:50AM
Re: coupler size list	John E. Bull	January 02, 2010 07:55AM
Re: Mixing and matching couplers and trucks on narrow gauge railroads	myork	January 02, 2010 07:06AM
Re: Mixing and matching couplers and trucks on narrow gauge railroads	stanames	January 02, 2010 08:35AM
Re: Mixing and matching couplers and trucks on narrow gauge railroads	Jim Grigsby	January 02, 2010 04:30PM
Re: Mixing and matching couplers and trucks on narrow gauge railroads	TonyK375	January 04, 2010 11:02AM
Re: Mixing and matching couplers and trucks on narrow gauge railroads	Skip	January 04, 2010 01:14PM

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