Hi Dave; I do have a re-worked AF pacific which I run on the club Hi-rail layout. It has a bridge rectifier so it will run on DC. While it's not "great" and won't win a contest for tie-by-tie creeping it does run at acceptable speeds, particularly for a passenger engine. The can motor conversion would probably be better, but by then I start to lean to using a scale drive instead for those engines where a suitable drive is available (AM pacific).
Pieter E. Roos --- On Mon, 11/15/10, ctxmf74 <[email protected]> wrote: > I've never run an AmericanFlyer loco so I'm > wondering given their age do they run well enough to make > converting them to scale worth all the trouble? I've only > seen them running at bullet train speeds so I have doubts > about their ability to run at scale speed? One could > probably do the bulk of the flange reduction with a powered > grinder against the running wheel then finish it off with a > file, if they can be turned down to somewhere around 50-60 > thousandths and narrowed enough they should be able to run > on scale track.It's apretty common operation in O scale , > converting three rail big flanged locos into scale wheeled > locos....dave ------------------------------------ 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/
