Con-Cor 72' passenger cars: diaphragm height

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I have 12 athearn 70 passenger cars and 6 MDC harriman 60’ passenger car, but i would like to add perhaps 3 or 4 Con-Cor undecorated vista dome car kits. Does anyone know if the height of the Con-Cor cars’ diaphragm height would match up with height of athearn or MDC passenger cars, basically would they be level with those of the athearn and MDC cars? I know that my 2 Athearn lightweight passenger cars’ diaphragms are a little higher than on my 70’ heavyweights.

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Hi “63,”

Actually, the tops of diaphragms don’t have to line up. The floor levels, i.e., the bottoms of the openings in the striker plates, should be even. However, different types of diaphragms extended to different heights, so the tops don’t have to match.

Have a good weekend,

Andy