Larry
Long Winded Old Fart
I've been playing w/my rolling stock on downhill runs. I have a fairly steep grade that I test all my rolling stock on. What I do is release the cars at the top of the hill & if they roll down w/out any help all the way to the bottom of the track I don't mess w/the wheels or axles & I run these cars in long trains.
The running area for these cars is about 30ft. long for the test.
All these years of pulling long trains I have had some trouble w/cars in the middle tipping over or cars right against the engine derailing.
I have found that the cars that are free wheeling in long & short turns tend to stay on the tracks a lot easier.
I don't have metal wheels on all of them either. I would like to have the better wheel sets, but w/250 freight cars & 50 passenger cars it would be terribly expensive. Over the years I have acquired some brass wheel & axle sets that I use on some of the better cars. But, I keep my rails pretty clean & the plastic wheeled cars seem to do OK.
The other day I hooked up 30 of these fast cars & pulled them w/out 1 derailment. Then I added another 10 & then another 10. Love it, Long trains.
Just a thought for some maintenance on those slow movers.
I have a big box of cars that I have to work on in the near future to make them "Fast Cars". Maybe I can find some metal wheelsets at the next trainshow in Ft.Myers.
The running area for these cars is about 30ft. long for the test.
All these years of pulling long trains I have had some trouble w/cars in the middle tipping over or cars right against the engine derailing.
I have found that the cars that are free wheeling in long & short turns tend to stay on the tracks a lot easier.
I don't have metal wheels on all of them either. I would like to have the better wheel sets, but w/250 freight cars & 50 passenger cars it would be terribly expensive. Over the years I have acquired some brass wheel & axle sets that I use on some of the better cars. But, I keep my rails pretty clean & the plastic wheeled cars seem to do OK.
The other day I hooked up 30 of these fast cars & pulled them w/out 1 derailment. Then I added another 10 & then another 10. Love it, Long trains.
Just a thought for some maintenance on those slow movers.
I have a big box of cars that I have to work on in the near future to make them "Fast Cars". Maybe I can find some metal wheelsets at the next trainshow in Ft.Myers.
