Well Many steam locos have plastic or composition insulators on the
axles where the drivers are pressed on. Do they ever melt from heat?--I
know they sometimes make the drivers wobble--before any steaming! With
"superb" effort I managed to "melt" the insulators on the front drivers on
my Merl
>In a message dated 4/30/2000 4:29:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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>> So in other words, "Try it and see"? {:)
>I would sure hate to take a locomotive apart just because the wheels
melted!!
Ah, but to a 'basher' there's just that many more spare parts! Besides, it'd
In a message dated 4/30/2000 4:29:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> So in other words, "Try it and see"? {:)
I would sure hate to take a locomotive apart just because the wheels melted!!
So in other words, "Try it and see"? {:)
Trot, the grey, fox...
On Sat, 29 Apr 100, Gary Broeder wrote:
> Regarding the possible use of plastic drivers:
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> GaryB
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Regarding the possible use of plastic drivers: Electrically driven loco wheels do not
have as much of a load on
their side rods and crank pins as would a double acting steam driven locos. As such I
would question the ability
of the plastic drivers threads to hold up to the job. Of course a bit
