Old Rivarossi Couplers

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I checked the policy page and I hope that this post is acceptable.

I am in need of old Rivarossi/AHM passenger car and passenger locomotive couplers, the horn-hook kind, ones that have an end that slips into a place on the truck and snaps it, the end looking like a two-tined fork with a curve on the tines. There is also a little plastic spring thing on this end.

There are several lengths, some are about an inch long and go on E units, for example, and some are about an inch and a quarter or so and go on RPOs I believe, and some are about one and five-eights long and are used on Riv heavyweight cars.

I have some that are used on lightweight streamlined cars; these have a different end with a square hole-I don’t need those.

I was wondering if anyone has a pile of these in a box from when they upgraded to other couplers and would be interested in selling them? I know I have a pile of horn-hook couplers for freight cars, but not from Riv passenger cars.

I am not sure how to post private messages, but this would be the way to respond I believe.

Please let me know…

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Try contacting Con Cor. They still use these, or some like them. McHenery makes Knuckles of this kind, there may be some horn Hooks on there as well.

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Thanks, I will try Con-Cor. The McHenry ones have the end with knuckle couplers but no horn-hook couplers.

And here I thought that PM icon meant it was after noon. [:-^]

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Those old Rivarossi (and IHC) horn-hooks have been replaced by McHenry’s knuckle types that plug into-place. You may have to replace. Horn-hooks went out with Saddle Shoes.

Other than that, Kadee #36-46’s with Jaybee coupler mounting pads.

Those Talgo trucks were always a problem