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Reply to "MTH and or other trolleys on Bmann EZ Street?"

Originally Posted by Marty R:
Originally Posted by eddiem:

Marty,

 

I have a bunch of MTH Bump and Go's.  They work well for almost any application, and have rollers as you have mentioned.

 

I bought one Lionel trolley.  It had sliding "shoes" and I had a tough time keeping it running.  On EZ streets with a shallow center rail, I think it would not work as well.

 

Atlas Industrial Rail trolleys also have rollers.  They're a bit longer, and are both Bump and Go AND have an E-unit.  Nice design.

 

Ed

 

Originally Posted by Silver Lake:

The MTH bump and go WILL NOT go around the D-16 Superstreets track. The wheelbase is just the wrong size it is a little too wide The whhellseels flanges get caught in the curve and ride up.

 

On the other hand (and possibly confusingly) the larger 2 truck MTH Brill and the MTH PCC cars will go around the D-16 Superstreets track.

Silver Lake - That's a bummer

Eddie - do you have the same experience?

 

The answers are so opposite, that I want to be sure. I don't doubt either of you, I've just bought enough "dang that's not gonna work" That I'd like to avoid it, if possible

Marty:

 

My experience generally agrees with SilverLake’s.  As I’ve posted on here before, my MTH bump-and-go trolley runs fine on D-21 Superstreets curves but NOT on D-16 curves.  It will negotiate the D-16 curves but when entering the curves at a realistic speed it will stop completely unless the throttle is raised very high.  Then when coming out of the curves, the throttle has to be reduced again to maintain a realistic trolley speed on the straight.  So if you’re planning unattended operation of your trolley on D-16 curves, the MTH bump-and-go is not for you. 

 

HTH,

 

Bill

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