Q: Was there ever an article on converting old railcars to accept modern trucks and couplers? I have a few HO Tyco cars that need to be converted. — Jason Trew A: Jim Kelly and Andy Sperandeo ...

It required the couplers be stopped precisely over the short magnet, and side-to-side movement of the cars due to slop in the trucks caused lateral misalignment of the coupler arms. To solve my ...