Reply to "Does MTH make a dual pivoting pickup roller on a single mount arm for their engines?"

ChasOGR Forum Member

@Adriatic posted:
The trucks aren't both equiped?; or are their turnouts that long or that close? I just wouldn't expect an E to stumble

Both trucks are single roller equipped. What complicates things even further is that I run an AA, ABA, or ABBA and it makes it even worse when 2 powered A's are hesitating against each other. Our club has 3 sidings for staging trains with crossovers running into switches. My E-8's seem to run best on the outer track (1) which only passes over the 2 switches leading in and out on to that track. I usually just put my E-8's on the mainline and pull my staged consist from the siding over the switches and crossovers and couple up by hand. Tracks 2 and 3 is where I have most of my problems with the crossovers and switches together.

I think a 2 roller pivoting landing gear type of roller assembly with the rollers spaced about 1/2" apart would do the trick if there was such a thing?

8/7/206:17 PM

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