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recently,i had rotator cuff surgery and and had my arm in a sling for weeks,so I thought ok I will run some standard,,,,coupling up these cars was a f&(&&(^(!!! to say the least,,,so I was thinking,why doesn't mth upgrade the latch couplers to box couplers,,then we would get someone to make a uncoupling track,,oh what fun !,,bing,,,blast this into the late 30's at least,what is your thoughts??

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I own a Standard Gauge RichArt Milwaukee Road passenger set that includes a tri-color Bipolar and five tri-color passenger cars.  All came from RichArt with box couplers installed.  The box couplers are plastic and are identical to the box couplers found on many if not most G scale trains.  I believe you can easily find these box couplers for sale online and at any train shop that sells G scale trains and parts.  Based on their appearance and what RichArt did, it should be relatively simple to replace most Standard Gauge metal couplers with these plastic box couplers.

G scale box coupler

Simply cutoff the end of a Standard Gauge coupler, drill a hole in what remains, then bolt the above box coupler to the metal end of what remains of the old coupler using the existing hole. 

Bob

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