Re: Kadee Trucks
At a train club I belonged to, MANY cars with Kadee wheels (mostly in
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non-Kadee sideframes) wore down the ends of the axles to a round nub! In a high-use context, metal axles last longer. Also sintered wheels like Kadee etc seem to pick up crud more easily -- we sometimes had to scrape a layer of stuff from the wheel treads with an X-Acto blade! If we didn't do that, the wheels would redeposit the crud on the track. But yeah, on a private low-mileage layout, it's probably not an issue. I'm waiting for Kadee .088 equipped trucks before I buy any more. No way I'm paying for wheels twice anymore. Tim O'Connor
Jim, you must run your freight cars a lot more than I do; I've never
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