lee@rochester.arpa (Lee C. Moore) (01/29/86)
------- Forwarded Message Received: from ur-cayuga.rochester.arpa (ur-cayuga) by ur-seneca.rochester.arpa id AA00089 (4.12v); Mon, 27 Jan 86 10:50:33 est Received: from IBM-SJ.ARPA by ur-cayuga.rochester.arpa id AA07494 (4.12u); Mon, 27 Jan 86 10:49:41 est Message-Id: <8601271549.7494@ur-cayuga.rochester.arpa> Date: 27 Jan 86 10:32:08 EST From: NHAAS@IBM-SJ.ARPA To: lee Subject: Staying on the rails Re the previous message about larger-scale models being less subject to derailing: it's not fair to compare Lionel O-guage against other scales; Lionel uses wheel flanges that are about 4 times larger than scale, and, for good measure, magnetizes the wheels so they'll stick to the steel track. On long-wheelbase steam locos, the wheels on the inner axles are flangeless, contrary to prototype practice, to facilitate negotiating sharp curves. Also, car lengths tend to be unrealistically short. Other scales tend to emphasize dimensional accuracy more, with a consequent increase in the risk of derail- ments. Norm ------- End of Forwarded Message