N Gauge Compatibility

[bigmikepa]

Hello,
I would like to purchase a Bachmann Spectrum N Scale Item 83054 HHP-8 Amtrak locomotive but I'm unsure if it wll couple with a Kato Superliner passenger set. Are the couplers compatible?
Please respond. Thanks.
Mike

[Conrail Quality]

Not out of the box. The Kato Superliners use the newer Knuckle-type couplers, while the HHP-8 uses the older Rapido-type couplers. The two will not mate. You will need to convert the HHP-8 to knuckle couplers. Unfortunately, Bachmann has made this a fairly difficult procedure. Here's the one such procedure:

http://forum.atlasrr.com/forum/topic.asp?whichpage=-1&TOPIC_ID=24023&REPLY_ID=251515

Timothy

[bigmikepa]

Thank you for your time.