My current Industrial layout has max radius curves of 22" so I have a problem with many of my passenger coaches. One solution (perhaps) would be to cut , shorten & rejoin the body, but hard to do this successfully? Has anybody tried this or other solutions? Of course I could change to 4wheel bogies but the long wheelbase would defeat that solution, I feel.
Or buy 4 wheel trucks or buy shorter cars.
Dave H.
Yes I could buy shorter cars BUT… why scrap --in my case–more than 20 longer cars? I am looking for a solution!
Forgive me but, what’s a Bogie?
You may try removing the center axle in each truck. That can help.
According to the Harry Potter books, they’re boogers. Crazy Brits; what do nose goblins have to do with trains? [:D]
Seriously though, the simplest fix would be to just make the center wheelsets blind. That’ll give you a lot more swing clearance and greatly reduce binding. But you shouldn’t be having this problem on 22" curves; my first layout had 18", and I was able to run strings of Athearn heavyweights with three axled trucks just fine.
Translation:
British American
bogie = truck
sleeper = tie
I can’t think of any more right now, but I’m sure there are a bunch.
Driver= Engineer
Van or Truck or Wagon= Freight Car
Engine= Locomotive
Railway= Railroad (although some US roads had Railway in their names)