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Re: Why is inner rail smooth on Duplo track?
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lugnet.duplo, lugnet.trains
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Mon, 4 Jul 2005 17:03:39 GMT
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rhempel@bmts.%avoidspam%com
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Is it to prevent the toothed drive wheels from skipping?
The outer wheel turns more times than the inner as is
goes around the curve.
Ralph
Joe Strout wrote:
> My son has spend his allowance on a couple of the new Thomas sets (Percy and
> James). James comes with one piece of curved track (along with others including
> a switch).
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> I've noticed that all the Duplo track that's come with these sets has a ribbed
> texture on the rails, with the exception of the curved track – that's ribbed on
> the outside rail, like everything else, but the inside rail is smooth.
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> This has been puzzling me. Can anyone think of a reason why the inside rail of
> a curve piece should be smooth rather than textured?
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> Thanks,¬
> – Joe
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>
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