@irish rifle posted:Not for 90%+ of Lionel's customer base...
Pat
My comment was about Lionel and other industry players “standardizing” on the operating knuckle coupler. I don’t see how that’s possible until Lionel admits to messing these new ones up. Most manufacturers offer the two hole coupler mounting pads. I think that’s their answer to standardization.
Edit: For the record I think the answer about the overall new design allowing them to do Lionel scale and LionScale (Weaver) cars and 2 or 3 rail is legit. Why would they continue to want to have twice as many part numbers? That said, it doesn’t excuse poor execution on the knuckle coupler. Or the lack of springiness.