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Re: BBB Wheels
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:31:19 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ben Fleskes wrote:
> Were any real trains ever made with wheels that didn't have flanges? I've been
> told it's done in the model train world often. In either case, is there a
> common term that people use for a wheel without a flange?
Yes, the first locomotives for the Hollandsche IJzeren Spoorweg Maatschappij
(Dutch Iron Railway Company) were 2-2-2 (1A1 in European notation). The drivers
had no flanges.
Source: De Breedspoor lokomotieven van de H.IJ.S.M. (The wide gauge locomotives
of the H.IJ.S.M.)
Niels
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Message is in Reply To:
 | | Re: BBB Wheels
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| In lugnet.trains, Mark Bellis wrote: <snip> (...) The tool to make BBB wheels without flanges is in the works right now. The toolmaker I use is busy and it will be about three months before I have unflanged wheels for sale. On that note, is there a (...) (20 years ago, 20-Apr-04, to lugnet.trains)
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