up148 wrote: >I was trying to locate the recommended weight for S scale cars. I need >it for a 40ft boxcar for starters. Is there a website that gives this >info? Appreciate any help. > > Try the NMRA website. Their standard for S scale is two ounces per car plus one additional ounce per two inches of car length. So a 40' car would need to weigh about 5-1/2 ounces.
As a related issue for all of you who are in the process of building a layout -- I have recently finished my switching facilities (two yards), and I find that the issue of car weight is coming back to haunt me. I had always been a fan of not weighting my cars. The up-side of this is having to build nearly perfect trackwork. The downside is, well, occasional derailments no matter how good the track is. So I have developed a couple of rules for good tracking: 1. If a plastic unweighted car is tracking poorly, replace the plastic trucks with metal trucks. Re-use the plastic trucks on heavier cars -- those that are metal, or those that carry loads. 2. If the car still tracks poorly and is equipped with sprung trucks, replace the springs with much softer springs so the springs are forced to actually work. Lacking these, replace the sprung metal trucks with non-sprung equalized trucks. Dick Karnes The poll results are in....... To REPLY to the list, use REPLY ALL, to reply to the sender, use REPLY. I do NOT know if this works on all e-mail software, but it works on some of the most common ones. For those of you on DIGEST mode, all REPLY messages go to the list. Change your membership, change your message settings, use our CALENDAR, view shared files or photos, view the list archives, GO TO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
