Francine posted:Hi Tom,
but I have become very disappointed with AM passenger cars. At every show, they either derail or uncouple - which causes them to be removed from the layout. I love the look of them and am thinking of ways to solve the problems. More weight might make them track better, and I am either going to try to bend up the couplers, or replace with scale.
Francine
Francine,
I’m sorry to hear about your disappointment with the AM heavyweights. I have an early set of PRR that gets continuous running under the Xmas tree – and we’re talking about years of running – all of it flawlessly. On some of them I’ve body mounted Kadee #5 couplers, which limits the radius they can handle. Most have the couplers from AM, though on one I talgo (is that the correct word) mounted a Flyer link on one end so I could use it as a transition car for my ’48 K5. Weight might help, but I don’t think they really need it.
What kind of tracking problems are you having? Something like backing moves with scales wheels? Or jumping off at turnouts, on curves or just when you look at them? What kind of rail do they have trouble on?
Anybody else?
Tom Stoltz in Maine
