If you say so--I hadn't really paid much attention to the trucks I took off AF cars but checked now and see they are plastic wheels. Never owned any AF locomotives. Still am not going to take Bob's suggestion...
Jace Kahn General Manager Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 08:33:39 -0700 > Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Re: SHS 2-8-0 Sample Sale > > Jace; > > Ummmm.... > > Flyer and Flyer compatible AC units in S are still two rail insulated... > > Unless you found some S gauge three-rail track around. > > At least that's one issue O Gauge has that S doesn't! > > Pieter E. Roos > > > --- On Fri, 9/24/10, JGG KahnSr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Not a chance, either because I have two lifetimes' worth of > > projects (and that was probably before I started acquiring > > any S scale) or > > because it is not just the deep flanges but also insulating > > for two-rail. Even the couple of times I've converted > > an O scale steam locomotive > > I've been happy to ship the drivers off to Joe Foehrkolb > > for his excellent machining; for what he does it is quite > > reasonable, but it is still > > expensive enough that one needs to do a cost-benefit > > ananlysis to determine whether the end result is worth > > it. > > Not that I haven't thought about it before with Don's > > 2-8-0's, as there are a lot more AC versions out there. > > > > Jace Kahn > > > > General Manager > > Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co. > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> 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/
