banjoflyer posted:Bill in FtL .
The pickup rollers have been on AF diesel engines for some time now. The AF 6-48065 Commemorative GP9 had them way back in 2007:
So it's good you haven't ordered any of them in the last 11 years.
When operated on track with large gaps between the rail ends you could have a problem. However, if your track is installed like that you've got bigger problems than snagged rollers.
Mark
Mark, you are correct! Actually, that pic sums up why I have no Flyer Geeps, besides not being able to stomach their stamped sheet metal handrails, I think the 6 wheel journal trucks are an abomination, and the four wheelers aren’t much better. Those tiny little rollers can’t possibly do well in turnout frogs, unless you used closed frogs, which might be less of a problem. I do still like the Flyer Atlantic’s (and most of their other Steam) however, so go figure! I gritted my teeth over those awful molded-in boiler handrails on the Berkshire, which spoil an otherwise nice model, but the Flyer Geep handrails and trucks are simply too much for me to take. A friend of mine ordered the AF Baldwin, and I’m waiting to see it. I just hope he’s not as disappointed as I would be (it’s his first S Gauge loco). He loves his LionChief O gauge diesel loco, which actually looks pretty good, even to me. And I do also very much like the Lion/Flyer Chief Control System, especially the BlueTooth versions.
Bill in FtL
