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Reply to "Anyone own a TMCC Pullmor motor-equipped Train Master with traction tires?"

I currently have ~40 postwar cars on my tube track run (and the first 15 have 1/2 lb of ballast each), and I'd like to pull that with ease with a single conventional loco. I also like tinkering.

 

The loco has two powered trucks. I did add ~3 lbs of steel weight, and it helped some, but not enough - the loco can get things moving on the straight with a fair amount of wheel spin but can never quite hook up and then will spin out in the curves.

 

I upgraded a conventional GG1 to traction tire wheels and a bit of weight and it pulls those same ~40 cars with ease, and could probably pull 50-55+ before it starts drawing excess current. I couldn't find drop-in traction tire trucks so it was a brutal slog finding the right combo of axles and wheels that would fit, plus I had to shim and fine tune the fit. Would like to avoid that if possible. I will give the file/drill press method a go.

 

 

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