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Title: N Gauge Compatibility
Post by: bigmikepa on March 08, 2009, 11:40:57 AM

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

Title: Re: N Gauge Compatibility
Post by: Conrail Quality on March 08, 2009, 12:04:17 PM

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

Title: Re: N Gauge Compatibility
Post by: bigmikepa on March 08, 2009, 04:02:59 PM

Thank you for your time.

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