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					<description><![CDATA[Ian,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The short answer is no. As I have suggested on this blog several times in the past, your best bet would be to make a few so-called conversion cars so that one type of coupler was on one end and the other type would be on the other. For example, you could have a box car that has a knuckle type coupler at one end and one of the cheaper single piece coupler types (Rapido in N scale or the X2F in HO that usually come mounted on rolling stock right out of the box) on the other. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some conversions are easier than others, particularly if the coupler is mounted on the truck itself. This is called a Talgo style truck. All you have to do is to substitute a Talgo truck that has the coupler type you want.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Body mounted couplers can be difficult to change out since some cutting or drilling of the car&#039;s body could be involved. It really depends on the type &amp; scale of coupler you&#039;re changing to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope this helps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geof from the US]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ian,</p>
<p>The short answer is no. As I have suggested on this blog several times in the past, your best bet would be to make a few so-called conversion cars so that one type of coupler was on one end and the other type would be on the other. For example, you could have a box car that has a knuckle type coupler at one end and one of the cheaper single piece coupler types (Rapido in N scale or the X2F in HO that usually come mounted on rolling stock right out of the box) on the other. </p>
<p>Some conversions are easier than others, particularly if the coupler is mounted on the truck itself. This is called a Talgo style truck. All you have to do is to substitute a Talgo truck that has the coupler type you want.</p>
<p>Body mounted couplers can be difficult to change out since some cutting or drilling of the car&#8217;s body could be involved. It really depends on the type &#038; scale of coupler you&#8217;re changing to.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Geof from the US</p>
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