Jan To answer your question, my understanding is that on real freight cars you can not "see" thru the springs anyway. Many on the Steam Freight Car list you cited www.steamfreightcars.com (and the ST
<snip> I concur with the comments regarding IM wheels versus Kadees or P2K . . . an additional advantage is their weight, which helps balance over rough trackwork or complex switch/crossing assemblie
Thanks, Doug, for your excellent explaination... I see what you mean, after going back to the "prototypes" http://www.castlegraphics.com/graphic/transportation/rail/freight56.jpg It's not springs all
Jan, Instead of oil which will evaporate and dry out, take a pencil and rub it in the hole. The graphite in the lead will provide the lubrication and not dry out. Ken Martin -- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor
Jan, Instead of oil which will evaporate and dry out, take a pencil and rub it in the hole. The graphite in the lead will provide the lubrication and not dry out. Ken Martin Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADV
Jan I should have clarified I have a number of older freight cars that still have the old pot-metal cast sprung trucks, ie Walthers etc., and I have almost none of the metal Kadee trucks. The old tru
I made my own "Tool" by modifying a extra Athearn wheelset I had laying around. First, I moved both wheels to the middle of the axle. Then I took a file and filed a flat spot on the 'needle' point, f