From: Alan Lambert Fort Worth, Texas Steven, The catalogue will always show High rail wheels until they upgrade the artwork. They mention scalewheels but you will probably have to order them seperately. Time will Tell. The Worlds Greatest Train Show willl be in Fort worth and My club will be running trains So I'll be on the lookout for Lionel. Alan
________________________________ From: Steven Allen <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2012 5:29 PM Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: converting the L hopper To all, I have the Volume 2 Lionel catalog in my possession. According to the description it states: 1:64 scale cars; Scale wheel sets and trucks (however the photo, as with the website look like typical Flyer large flanged wheels. No mention of separate scale wheelsets); Operating Couplers; Diecast metal sprung trucks and operating couplers; Opening hatches on roof; Mounting holes for scale couplers (couplers sold separately [no listing for Flyer scale couplers in the catalog, assuming holes are for the Kadees]); Separately-hand applied hand rails; Minimum curve - 36"; and Length - 10 1/4". Not sure if this helps, or adds to the confusion. Steven Allen --- In mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com, "Ed" <Loizeaux@...> wrote: > > > My question is > > if the hopper is only available with hi rail flanges, is there something > > unqiue about the trucks that prevents a modeler from simply replacing the > > wheels? Or the trucks? > > Hi Alex....I have not seen the cylindrical hopper, but one of the catalogs > has a product number for the car with scale wheels. A different catalog, I > think, has omitted mention of scale wheels. I am not sure which catalog is > correct. You might check the Lionel web site and look at the catalogs and > then write them an email to find out for sure. Personally, I don't know. > Tell us what you learn. Ed L. >
