I had my SHS SW-1 and two SHS Rebuilt Box Cars at the Chattanooga convention... all of which were fitted with P:64 wheels... and they operated near flawlessly on the NASG switching layout, and even better on the other small layout right behond the NASG layout (I forget the name of the group that had that other layout). The ONLY noticable difference in operation between the two layouts was when the wheels passed over the frogs on the NASG layout - the wheels would drop into the frog then back up. There was no drop on the other layout which had turnouts built with Fast Tracks jigs.
So it can be done... and apparently much easier than some would like to believe. John Degnan [email protected] [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: ctxmf74 To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 01:42 PM Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} S Scale Loco & Supply new stainless steel wheels Code 88 wheels would work as fine in S scale as they do in HO scale and P64 wheels would work as fine in S scale as P87 and P48 wheels do in HO and O scales. It's not a matter of physics it's a matter of availability and pricing. If P64 trucks were as easy to get and cost the same as SHS trucks I'd have standardized on them long ago. N scalers have proved that small flanges are just as reliable as big flanges so use the wheels that appeal to you and don't worry about the physics as they work.....DaveBranum
