BRIAN WHITE posted:I remember back in the 90's Lionel had a problem with the wheels of vehicles used as flat car loads reacting with the flats they were on and the rubber and the cars both reacting badly. Later flats came with a sheet of a different material under the vehicles.
The 16955 Flat with New Holland Loader, I believe being the worst (probably 1st one or 2 produced before they noted the problem). For years I looked for a "mint" version of this car, and I am convinced none exist. Every one I have seen has some evidence of the "melting", many looking like the load was intentionally glued to the flatcar!
Dennis LaGrua posted:Back in the P/W days we never had problems like this.
Untrue. Look up the post war hand car. I'm sure people more fluent in PW than I am will confirm. There was a reaction with 2 different kind of plastics used for the hands of the figures and the pump handles, so many have an issue whee the hands are gone, or at least separated from the handles. {edit: per CW's response, it was most likely the feet reacting with the base, not the hands reacting with the handles. - my error, Sorry!}
-Dave
