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Coupler lever bars? Locos and rolling stock
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Regular poster 134 posts Patrick 1 Regular poster 134 posts
Patrick 1

hey guys I’m looking for some coupler lever bars to put on my modern rolling stock.  The only ones I’ve been able to find are made by Plano. I was wondering if there are any other bars out there and if I do order from Plano which ones should I get?  They have a few different models. I want to put them on my boxcars and corn syrup cars. 

Any suggestions would be appreciated. 

Pat
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ctxmf74 Super User 15,937 posts
ctxmf74

coupler lever bars ?

  The usual way to get them is to bend them from brass wire, about .010" for HO scale.A photo of a prototype car like you are working on is a good guide to how they should be shaped.....DaveB 

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Nick Santo amsnick MRH Advertiser and MRH Author 2,806 posts
Nick Santo amsnick

@ Pat

Hi Pat,

The intro to the post shows a car with cut levers done the way Dave mentioned.  It also makes reference to a TMTV video that shows how it’s done.

https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/weekly-photo-fun-december-18-to-december-25-12208531

It’s not a hard process and looks great!

Nick

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