tncentrr posted:I have a 2343 that is 70 years old, built in 1950. I ran it a few days ago. It walked off with 17 cars and did not even break a sweat. If today's trains are going to have that kind of longevity, we need to be able to handle the traction tire problem long term.
Of course by then DCC and DCS etc engines will be dead as their electronics will have long expired, so traction tires will be least of problems. By then assuming electronic stores still exists, we will be wiring the motors direct to the rails through a diode bridge and be back running conventionally. 
Of course at my age I wont have to worry about tires. 
