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Re: 8-wide "Hogwart's Express" using Big Ben wheels
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lugnet.trains
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Tue, 16 Mar 2004 14:34:55 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach wrote:
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I’m not sure how well it shows up in the pictures, but the middle driver axle
is a ‘blind’ driver - the flanges have been removed from those two wheels.
This way, I’m really just running a two-axle configuration, the middle axle
is more for “show” than anything else!
By taking off the flange, the middle wheel can slide on and off the track as
the train goes around corners.
I’ll take some more close-up pictures of the trains this weekend, we’ll have
our train layout set up for the first time in a couple of months. And I
found the power cord for my camcorder, so I can shoot some short videos of
the different trains in action.
JohnG, GMLTC
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fyi
Big Ben Bricks LLC is working on a mold to produce an unflanged wheels for
purchase. John has a few prototypes of the ‘blind’ driver.
Kind regards,
Ben Fleskes
Big Ben Bricks LLC
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Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: 8-wide "Hogwart's Express" using Big Ben wheels
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| (...) Well, stop wasting your time on LUGNet and get on with it! ;-) Seriously Ben, we can hardly wait. I gather these prototypes have some of the back of the wheel missing too, so the flanges of the outer wheels can tuck in behind. These means the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: 8-wide "Hogwart's Express" using Big Ben wheels
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| (...) I'm not sure how well it shows up in the pictures, but the middle driver axle is a 'blind' driver - the flanges have been removed from those two wheels. This way, I'm really just running a two-axle configuration, the middle axle is more for (...) (21 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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