Kadee couplers on Athearn SD40-2's?

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Hi all, I have a pair of Athearn SD40-2s that have the removable coupler boxes and I was wondering if there was a way or is it possible to put Kadee coupler boxes were the athearn ones go.
any suggestions or ideas will be appreciated.

Sean
 
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Our club just ordered two Athearn SD40's last September. I replaced the stock couplers with Kadee #5's without changing the coupler pockets. After re-reading your post, maybe you have an older version with different coupler's. Kadee has a website that I believe lists which couplers go with most of the major manufacturers loco's.
 
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Athearn's SD40-2s have several different vintages...

Mine are the old Blue-Box SD40-2s with the coupler mounting tab positioned too low, and they required underset #47 Kadee couplers. I had to drill #50 holes on the coupler-mounting tabs and tap them for 2-56 screws to mount the Kadee #47s.

If you have a newer-vintage Athearn SD40-2, it might have the coupler mount at the right height to take a standard #5 Kadee.
 
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Jim Krause said:
Our club just ordered two Athearn SD40's last September. I replaced the stock couplers with Kadee #5's without changing the coupler pockets.
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They looked like they would fit, I just didn't know if they would fit in the coupler pockets before I went out and bought em. Thanks for the help :)
 
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Tom, I had recently bought a new SD40-2 not to long ago, it did come in a blue box. It has the diesel engine on the front if that matters. And my other one is older but it has the same. There pretty new.
 
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