On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> When I was doing model railroading a long, long time ago, the
> locomotives with the diecast bodies had the best weight and traction. A
> few had rubber tyres to improve the traction, but they dried out quickly.
> Gearing down the motors and adding a flywheel would have helped, but I had
> less than zero machining ability back then.
>
> Most modern engines are pretty heavy now. In fact, a couple of
manufacturers use metal shells again (although significantly better tooling
than the old ones). Most mfgs also either make the frames out of solid
metal hunks or stuff the shells with weights.
The newer models are expensive. But the engineering is a leap ahead of the
way things were when I started.
--
Paul Braun
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"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold Auerbach
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