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Subject: 
Re: Train Wheel Friction?
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lugnet.trains
Date: 
Sun, 23 Feb 2003 22:43:29 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Peter Naulls writes:
> 
> 
> Mark Riley wrote:
> > There was a thread several months ago dealing with the issue of the
> > new train wheels rubbing on the blocks.  The thread mostly mentioned
> > the problem in relation to the gray wheelsets that come with the Santa Fe
> > loco and cars.  However, I've also noticed the friction problem with the
> > black wheelsets that come with the My Own Train sets.
> 
> I also have a battery train running on 9v track - as you can imagine,
> this is ridiculously slippery, as I lack rubber tyres for the wheels.
> I've been experimenting with sellotape strips on the wheels, and this
> seems to improve matters.

Someone mentioned a while back that they found a good thin-walled rubber hose
about the right diameter, and cut rings off that to provide grip for the old
4.5v wheels. I can't lay my hands on the post right now....

ROSCO



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  Re: Train Wheel Friction?
 
(...) Well, this is really a different issue, but it seems appropriate to mention it here. In the MOT instructions, it has the the motor as the front bogie, but in practice this causes a lot of slippage even with a small number of carriages being (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-03, to lugnet.trains)

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