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Re: My opinion on drivers...
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 4 Nov 2002 20:47:36 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach writes:
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> I used some heavily modified 5571 hubs on my Milwaukee Road:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=6399 (thanks, J-2!) - the
> size looked good, but it didn't handle the tracks very well at all. In
> fact, John Neal has a great video of it tipping over trying to negotiate a
> switch track! This was because of the other issue with taller wheels - you
> have to be especially carefull your center of gravity doesn't get too high.
> Because it it does, watch out!
Hehe. You also have to watch out for overhead obstructions. How tall is
your Atlantic, anyway? Looks pretty big. And very cool.
-Stefan-
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| (...) Ah, you are looking for a Hiawatha Atlantic, are you Stefan? Actually, J-1 was modeling a Hiawatha Hudson with a little selective compression on the number of drivers (his MOC is actually a 4-4-4 instead of the proper 4-6-4) I, on the other (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) The one issue that comes to my mind is that if the flanged wheels get too big, they'll have a tendency to 'climb' off the rails, especially on the outside of curves. As the wheel gets bigger, the flange would also have to get bigger, and we're (...) (22 years ago, 4-Nov-02, to lugnet.trains)
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