Athearn - Thrall High Side Gondola with McHenry Body Mounted Couplers

[professor_cassidy]

Anyone have any of these new Athearn Thrall High Side Gondolas with the body mounted Mc Henry couplers?
If so, could you measure the distance in MM between a pair of the coupled cars?  I have some of the older MDC cars from the 90’s that have MT trucks and couplers and they measure 7 MM between the coupled cars, measuring the distance between the upper ends of the cars.
I’m pretty particular about close coupling as I replaced 24 DI bathtub gondolas that came with Atlas Accumate trucks and couplers with MT trucks and couplers to get closer couplings, now also about 7 MM.
Thanks!
Shawn 

[DRGW5349]

Mine measured 11mm between the cars.

[professor_cassidy]

Thanks for the info!  That’s too far apart for me.
 

[Missaberoad]

When @turbowhiz releases his N-Possible coupler you should be able to swap those out and have incredibly close coupling.

In the meantime accumates would get you closer then the stock McHenry.

[Ike the BN Freak]

When @turbowhiz releases his N-Possible coupler you should be able to swap those out and have incredibly close coupling.

In the meantime accumates would get you closer then the stock McHenry.

https://shopfvm.com/products/n-static-coupler-box-mount?_pos=5&_sid=4114bc125&_ss=r

These should also work, its what Fox Valley had in their PS Coal Gons