I bought a 4-wheel flat car from Jettie Padgett of SouthWind a week
ago at the O West + S show in Santa Clara, California.
I found that the car tended to derail on my layout. The trucks
swiveled freely, but there wasn't enough movement up and down or side
to side. My usual technique of loosening the truck screws didn't help.
My solution was to replace the stiff springs in the trucks with
Northwest Short Line "medium" HO driver springs, part no. 1402-4. The
package says they are 2 mm dia. x 4 mm length. I used them because I
had them on hand, but in the NWSL catalog I also see part no. 1405-4,
2.1 mm dia. x 6.5 mm length, which might work as well or better.
Each truck has ten springs, four of which are decorative, leaving six
to support the car. Replacing a total of 24 springs permits all wheels
to remain on the rail, thus eliminating my derailment problem.
Also, the 4-wheel flat car came with a "stator" load, which sits on
two pedestals. The pedestals are drilled and tapped for four screws,
which are supplied. To attach the load will involve drilling into the
deck of the flat car and inserting the screws from beneath. Is there
any other way? Following friend Graham Henry's advice, for the time
being I have fixed it on the deck with rubber cement.
--
Bill Roberts
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