D500 posted:"- truck-mounted couplers are indeed less than ideal when pushing a train; the lines of force have to wander up and down. But, most of the time they work well in the "real" 3RO RR world, and solve other, problems well. "
These have the Lionel Kinematic coupler which is body mounted with that inverted "V" shape to allow extra body interference clearance on tight curves. For the most part mine have done Ok in reverse.
