MTH Trolley's

[Anonymous]

Can the MTH Bump and Go Trolley work at a fairly slow speed? Or does it have to be clipping at a good pace to activate the reverse mechanism?
Thanks,
Greg

[cnw1995]

Did someone mention trolleys?[:D] As you can imagine, Greg, my response depends on what you mean by a good pace; in my experience, it needs to bump pretty solidly at a good rate of speed to reverse.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Doug. I've never been a big fan of Bump n Go cars because of the breakneck speed they seem to need to operate at. That why I was curious about the MTH trolley's. I want to eventually add a 19th Century style trolley line to my layout, but I'm looking for something that runs at a more realistic speed, but can be left to go on it's own... hands off.
Is there a way you can tell me, approximately, how slow they will operate, and still activate the reverse? Throttle setting? ???
Greg

[Anonymous]

My only Bump & Go is a Industrial Rail, and it runs fairly slowly. One thing I do is make sure it is not near one of the ends when I turn off the layout power. It likes a 5" or so "running start". Joe

[spankybird]

Of all my trolleys, I like the MTH best. And it runs the best. I will work at about 5 to 8 smph.



tom

[Anonymous]

Thanks guys. I think thats all the confirmation I need.

Greg

[cnw1995]

Greg, make a loop instead and get one of Walt Cameron's Western Hobbycraft trollies.

[cnw1995]

Greg, make a loop instead and get one of Walt Cameron's Western Hobbycraft trollies.

[Anonymous]

Doug, I hadn't heard of them... but just visited their website. Wow, those are beautiful! I don't think they're in my budget though. I want something fairly inexpensive, and simple.
Thanks,
Greg

[Anonymous]

I never ad any luck reversing trolleys with the bumpers. I remove the guts and run the trolley line on DC current. I reverse direction by reversing polarity using relays and timers.

Dale Hz

[jonadel]

Walt's Trolley's rock and IMO quite reasonable when you consider the detail.


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Jon

[Anonymous]

What about Industrial Rail trolleys? They're not made right now but you can find them on ebay for around $30 to $40.

[cnw1995]

Greg. Me too. Takes me a long time to save up for one of these. As my favorite simian J Freg Muggs suggests, the Industrial Rail ones, MTH and even Lionel ones - you can find some of the #60 for $50-80 sometimes - are great.

[spankybird]

QUOTE: Originally posted by J. Fred Muggs

What about Industrial Rail trolleys? They're not made right now but you can find them on ebay for around $30 to $40.

I would be very careful of IR on E-bay. ONe problem they have is the gear coming loose on the axle. No way to repair them and as of now no replacement parts. [:(]

This may improve with Atlas buying out IR tooling, but until they start up, there are no replacement parts.

[laz 57]

ALso on the IR trolleys the reversing switch goes bad.
Happened to me only goes in one direction, can't get replacement part.
laz57

[Anonymous]

You could also consider motorising one of the Corgi diecast trolleys - they already make a PCC and there's a single-truck Birney due this year. Great detailing and with a decent chassis under them (I think Bowser offer one for the PCC, the Birney may be a little trickier unless you can get hold of a suitable power truck) they run well too.