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Reply to "Fast Angle Wheels"

Originally Posted by CAPPilot:

Here is a diagram discussing real train wheels.

 

 

Since the wheels are attached to the axle, the coning is needed to allow the wheel to efficiently go around a curve (outside wheel will travel farther than the inside wheel). Same thing is needed for our toy trains.   

It doesn't show that the rails are also canted inward, on real railroad track. The tie plates have a definite direction to them, in order to cant the rails inward at the proper angle, which matches the same angle on the wheel treads, i.e. a 1 in 20 taper, on freight wheels and high speed passenger locomotive wheels have a 1 in 40 taper.

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