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Short answer: KATO and TOMIX each sell an official piece of track for joining their track to other makers’ track. […]

Short answer: Look at three things: who made the model (KATO or TOMIX), where the coupler is attached (on the […]

Short answer: Neither KATO nor TOMIX says on its product pages whether its couplers work with the other brand’s. What […]

Short answer: On many TOMIX models, switching to TN couplers is something TOMIX plans for: some locomotives come with a […]

Short answer: A truck-mount coupler is attached to the truck (bogie) and swings with it on curves. A body-mount coupler […]

Short answer: KATO’s Japanese N scale models come with one of a few coupler types. Many locomotives, coaches, and freight […]

Short answer: TOMIX makes tight-lock TN couplers (密連形TN) in gray, black, and unspecified colors, with or without molded electrical-contact boxes, […]

Short answer: Electrical-contact couplers (通電カプラー, tsūden kaplā) are TOMIX couplers that also carry electricity from one car to the next. […]

Short answer: Arnold (also called “rapido”) couplers are the traditional N scale coupler, and TOMIX still sells Arnold-type spare parts […]

Short answer: TOMIX sells its N scale couplers as spare parts with numbers that start with “JC”. This page lists […]