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Juxen Super User 576 posts
Juxen

Kadee 58's are good...

...but I really like the 153's for that prototypically close look, especially with this era of cars. Add some Intermountain 33" and some weights, and these things run very well.
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James Six Prolific poster 1,936 posts
James Six

Kadee #153 is for me

I agree with Juxen. The Kadee #153 is a truly good choice for freight cars of earlier times, particularly for the wooden car era. Here is an older photo I took before the scenery was installed and before weathering these freight cars. They are Accurail double sheathed 40-ft wood boxcars. Note how nice and close they are coupled. Both have Kadee #153 couplers. This coupler is my standard.

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ircman2003 Active Member 30 posts
ircman2003

Accurail boxcar kits

Excellent article. I'm waiting for the right roadname (CN) in the Fowler series. This article will most likely apply to them as well. I'm also a fan of the scale-size Accumate couplers.
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David101149 New member 15 posts
David101149

Great stuff

Nice article with great photos.  I don’t really need a tutorial on assembling a kit, but I very much enjoy seeing how other folks do it.  But for me, the real gold was in the bonus material.  Sign me up for more of this!  Any time I can learn how to make a kit better and get prototype information on its proper place and time I’m a very happy camper. Thanks guys, really nice job.
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Warflight Prolific poster 3,008 posts
Warflight

Nice.

As a huge fan of Accurail kits... I approve.
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IrishRover Prolific poster 1,660 posts
IrishRover

Kadee question and Accurail

I love Accurail...have a fair number of them.  Is the 153 that everyone's mentioning compatible with the basic #5 that is on almost everything I have?
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blindog10 Prolific poster 3,319 posts
blindog10

#5 vs #158

The "old" Kadee #5 (how many of you remember when it was called a "#5 & 10"?) will couple to the #158 and #153 on straight track most of the time. Things get sketchy on curves. But then real couplers don't mate well on curves either. Once coupled they stay together fine. While the "scale head" 150-series couplers look a lot smaller than the old #5, their head is almost as tall. They are somewhat narrower so the "gathering range" (side to side opening) is smaller. So just like on the real thing you'll find your brakemen will be shoving knuckles over more frequently. And the difference between the 50-series and the 150-series is the 50s used the traditional # 5 centering spring while the 150s have the whisker springs attached to the coupler shank. The 150s fit better in a lot of coupler boxes. Scott Chatfield
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