From: Alan Lambert Fort Worth, Texas Rich, I think Brooks showed that we can have both on the same track. Maybe he saw the lack of scale wheels coming and made it work. I will probably do the same and have one transition car with Scale coupler and Flyer coupler and see how they work on my clubs high rail layout. Jim King needs to realize that the Highrail guys don't nessesarialy care about fidelity, just the factor of some new rooling stock. I think you have proved that. Alan Lambert
________________________________ From: richgajnak <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 6:39 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Lionel and scale wheels --- In mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com, gftolhurst@... wrote: > > Another thing to consider is the fact that flyonel wheels frequently > necessitate compromises in the cars themselves resulting in decreased > fidelity to scale--as Jim king has reminded us from time to time when the > subject comes up: "Why don't we make models that can use any wheel profile > under the sun?" It is just another reminder that scale model railroading is a > distinct hobby from toy trains, and S will always be the victim of that > distinction. > I now apologize in advance to all of the "inclusivists" among us :-) > > > Fred T in Tennessee > Speaking as an "incusivist,"(is there really such a word? If there is, I make no apologies for it.) I was putting HiRail wheels and Flyer compatible couplers on Pacific Rail Shops kits long before S Scale America by DPH was. I have a spare Smoky Mountain ACL watermelon car that one of these days I'll do the same to, just to prove it can be done without sacrificing too much of the fidelity. And, seeing that Brooks Stover's BC&G is essentially a HiRail railroad, does that make it a toy train by your definition??? He does have those deep flanges, after all... Rich G(ajnak)
