I’m working over my Bachman Climax. I want to use it with my link n pin cars as well as knuckle coupler cars. I knew the Westside ran both kinds, so I dug out my Westside book and researched what they did. They simply knocked the knuckle out of a Janne coupler and pinned it.
So digging into my KD junk box, I found these couplers. They are the new style 830.
I cut the shank off about center, just in front of that wide spot. I knocked out the knuckle and here is the end result. It looks exactly like the pic in the book.
Of course, I know I can simply pin without the knuckle, but I thought it was cool.