by Sir Ray
Alright, so I read in this month's Model Railroader that McHenry is introducing HO scale Upper and Lower Shelf couplers (and also that Kadee is introducting lower Shelf Type F couplers, but that's another story). These would be AAR type E 'double-shelf' couplers, which are mandatory on modern-era tank cars.
Great, I have a dozen tank cars which require double shelf couplers.
But when I checked McHenry's site http://www.mchenrycouplers.com/products.htm#SE, it looks like the Type E's are listed as only Lower Shelf (and thanks for not having images of them on your site, guys - I know they are only couplers, but still!).
So, what's the deal - are there really double shelf couplers coming on the market and the web-site is not current, or was it a mistake in Model Railroader, or is the wording in the project announcement really, really bad?
Great, I have a dozen tank cars which require double shelf couplers.
But when I checked McHenry's site http://www.mchenrycouplers.com/products.htm#SE, it looks like the Type E's are listed as only Lower Shelf (and thanks for not having images of them on your site, guys - I know they are only couplers, but still!).
So, what's the deal - are there really double shelf couplers coming on the market and the web-site is not current, or was it a mistake in Model Railroader, or is the wording in the project announcement really, really bad?
