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BNSF Fan
New Hire
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 Posted - 07/01/2012 : 3:09:45 PM
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This topic is related to my Sergent coupler topic. I have recently become interested in the 0.088 wheel sets and would like to hear from those of you who are actually using them. What, if any, operational problem have you had?
Respectfully,
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Graffen
Crew Chief
Sweden
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Posted - 07/01/2012 : 3:58:47 PM
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I use them, and I have nothing to report other than that they work flawlessly on my Code 75 Peco tracks....
I'm currently building a new layout that will have all handlaid code 70 and 55 rails but on 16.2 mm gauge instead of 16.5......
The trials have revealed that the code 88 wheels will work there as well......
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Swedish custom painter
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jbvb
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 07/01/2012 : 10:09:48 PM
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| I've installed them on several freight cars that I operate on my home layout. I'm keeping standard width on cars that I take to modular setups, but I want to make sure that my mostly hand-laid track at home is ready for conversion in the future. My experience with .088 wheels is that they are more picky about wide gauge spots in the track, as you might expect. |
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FiatFan
Engine Wiper
USA
290 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2012 : 01:05:19 AM
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A little late to the party but here's another vote in favor of the code 88. I have them on most of my rolling stock and they work just fine. No derailments whatsoever. I use Atlas code 83 track and Atlas Custom Line #4 and #6 turnouts.
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vzjtothalo
Section Hand
USA
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Posted - 07/04/2012 : 08:11:58 AM
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| I have a few pairs, and so long as the track is within spec, they work well. Once it goes off your railroad, somebody else laid that track.... |
John Loesch
For God so loved the world, he did not send a committee.... |
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momarlon
New Hire
USA
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Posted - 07/27/2012 : 08:45:34 AM
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Originally posted by vzjtothalo
I have a few pairs, and so long as the track is within spec, they work well. Once it goes off your railroad, somebody else laid that track....
John brings up a good point. You have to ask yourself, "Will I be running my equipment on someone else's layout?" If the answer is yes, then you just have to hope their trackwork is up to snuff. While they DO look more prototypical, if you'll be running them on someone else's layout on a regular basis, I'd modify just a few cars and try them out before making the investment to install them on all of your rolling stock. If you're confident with your own trackwork, then, by all means convert. |
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rch
New Hire
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Posted - 07/28/2012 : 12:27:01 AM
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I use the narrow tread wheels for roughly half of my equipment. When I started replacing plastic wheelsets on my equipment 20 years ago, the narrow tread wheelsets weren't readily available to me. Now that they are, I try to add them to cars where the tread width is most visible, like under tank cars and covered hoppers. On cars where the width isn't so obvious, such as on boxcars or bulkhead flats, those are the cars that I've transplanted the older full-width wheelsets. This way I operate 100% metal wheel trains, but don't get rid of the older wheelsets I've already purchased.
As far as operations are concerned, I only operate on Free-mo layouts, so the variety of track manufacturers is limited only by each module builder's imagination. I use Micro Engineering track and handlay turnouts using the FastTracks jig system, but others use Atlas, Peco, Central Valley and other manufacturers for their track and turnouts. I have had no problems running my equipment on any of the layouts I've participated in that were related to the width of the wheel tread. Modules in the past with tricky spots that caused derailments didn't discriminate which cars would derail - narrow or wide tread cars would fall victim to those spots. |
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0.088 whell sets, Who is using them
