Generally speaking (and this is VERY generally speaking), hi-rail will run on C100 and scale will run on hi-rail track.
Saying that, I would think that AF wheels would not run on scale - it's the size of the flanges. As long as they do not run over the track spikes, they'd probably be good to go. I don't think non-AF (but AF-compatible) wheels have as large a wheel flange. Where you will have compatibility problems is how each handles the turnouts - guardrails and frogs most likely being the determining factor (amongst others). SHS helped that with their moving frogs and other companies with their swing frog/point designs. Just a general observation and I'll probably be overridden by others. :) Ken On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Frank J Knight <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Ken, > > American Models is a good place to start. I had already found their site > but hesitated to order because I wasn't sure what I would get. When you > look at their steam locos they have 4 buttons for power and wheels. 2 for > AC and DC hi-rail and DC scale. The diesels have only 2 buttons one for AC > and one for DC. At the online hobby shops I have seen their diesels > available in DC hi-rail or scale. I just wasn't sure what I would be > getting. > > That plus my friend's American Models GP9 is in a box with 3 possible > configurations. First is scale, second is DC hi-rail and third is AC > hi-rail with the DC hi-rail being checked. This loco runs fine on my > Tomalco code 100 and I didn't think a hi-rail loco would do that. Does that > mean American Models is sold out of the scale versions and only has DC and > AC hi-rail available or am I missing something? > > Frank Knight > > --- In [email protected], ken garber <garber.ken@...> wrote: > > > > Frank, You will get lots of answers on this. :) > > > > Amrican Models (www.americanmodels.com) has fair bit of NYC equipment > in > > steam and in diesel. > > J3a, Empire Express > > Light Pacific (out of stock at AM) > > Alco FA/B cab units > > Alco PA > > Alco RS3 > > Baldwin S12 > > EMD FP7 in pass. or frt. schemes > > EMD GP18 > > EMD GP35 > > EMD E8 (out of stock at AM) > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
