Ed, I thought you might have the specifics on this. Three flanges on one engine...amazing! The S SIG is working hard to promote using S standards among scale manufacturers. Maybe someone needs to work just as hard to get a set of standards for 'non-scale' manufacturers, if that's even possible.
Brooks --- In [email protected], "Ed" <Loizeaux@...> wrote: > > > there are no standards for 'hi-rail' wheels. I don't believe that AM, SHS > > (now MTH) and Lionel (to name three) all use the same profiles. > > Brooks....It is even worse than that. I recently inspected a Lionel > articulated and found it had three different flange sizes on the same loco. > There were tender wheels, driver wheels and pilot/trailing truck wheels -- > each different from the other. After I pointed this out to a Lionel > employee, he said that was something they could improve upon. Next year's > batch of locos might be better as a result. Cheers...Ed L. > ------------------------------------ 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/
