Dear George,
I am curious to which rebuilts had problems. The first two runs had
stiffer springs and unless you had excellent track work, the
equalization left something to be desired. We had them add an extra
turn to the spring making it a bit softer to improve equalization.
Also, when the AF coupler was removed by the modeler and the truck was
reattached to the body, the screw may have been tighter than needed.
Best regards,
Don
George wrote:
> Following slow progress in track laying I discovered that pushing up
> to 12 cars over an insulated gap, then a frog then into a 30" radius
> curve leading to a 3.5% curving grade several cars jumped the track
> consistantly.
> Exhaustive research showed the cars jumped the track at the gap with
> Atlas insulated rail joiners. Further observation revealed that all
> my cars AM, SHS and PRS ran through the gap o.k. But SHS rebuilt
> boxcars, (3) all jumped the track. Regauging didn't help. However
> when I loosen the screws on the trucks to allow them to rock up and
> down more, the cars then successfully stayed on track. Just thought I
> would pass this along. Maybe the pigeon toeing previously mentioned
> was a factor, however the up and down rocking is evidently the cure.
> George Courtney
>
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> .
>
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