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Reply to "So how do you make an MTH Aerotrain run better?"

Well Gunrunner, At least that loco is legal in NJ. It isn't carrying Hollow Points!

Boy, I dodged a bullet on that one!

BTW, HAs anyone attempted to add Ball Bearings to the coach cars for lesser resistance?

I think that would be a major task and require extensive mechanical modifications.

In any case, if you really want to reduce the rolling resistance of the Aerotrain cars, there's a much simpler way.  Just run a one-wire tether between the cars for track power and remove the center track rollers from most of the cars.  The difference is astounding, about 50% of the rolling resistance is the center track rollers.  I did that for one customer for the four car set and just ran everything from the engine power.

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