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  US style couplers
 
I will preface this by saying I spent a good amount of time trying to come up with an alternate coupler design that excludes buffers as we have here in the States. Feeling frustrated, suddenly it occured to me like an epiphany [1]-- just <gasp> cut (...) (25 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)
 
  Re: US style couplers
 
I've simply used 2x2 plates that have a rounded end (looking down on them) with a hole at the rounded end. It accepts the magnet holder piece from the coupler and eliminates the rather unsightly 'buffer' things. To get the height right, you can (...) (25 years ago, 20-Apr-99, to lugnet.trains)

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