graymatter Looking for 8ea 48" 42"(measured 0.55") metal wheelsets. I have searched the web and wheelsets seem to stop at 36". Does anybody know where to go for 48" 42" metal blunt edge tender Wheelsets? Edit Sorry for all the confusion. !!! Thanks
Looking for 8ea 48" 42"(measured 0.55") metal wheelsets.
I have searched the web and wheelsets seem to stop at 36".
Does anybody know where to go for 48" 42" metal blunt edge tender Wheelsets?
Edit Sorry for all the confusion. !!!
Thanks
Northwest Short Line lists 42" blunt axle wheel sets under part #27110-4. These are on 3/32" (0.094") axles. See link for complete listing.http://nebula.wsimg.com/8e0447237058b48781159b49163fee67?AccessKeyId=08BEE66B97B387F20C0D&disposition=0&alloworigin=1
graymatter Okay I measured the flange. Its a Burlington Route oil tender with a TREAD size of 0.475" So 87 x 0.475 = 41.325" or prototypically 42".....?
Okay
I measured the flange.
Its a Burlington Route oil tender with a TREAD size of 0.475"
So 87 x 0.475 = 41.325" or prototypically 42".....?
Guys,
Please note that the OP, above, has issued a correction; and the subject wheels are actually 42".
So, searching for 48" tender wheels, while fun, is not appropriate to his question.
That said, carry on!
Ed
oldline1 Western Maryland Ry Shay #6 tender had 48" wheels...............so did the rest of the engine but I doubt if those would help. Like several others have asked..........WHAT used 48" wheelsets? oldline1
Western Maryland Ry Shay #6 tender had 48" wheels...............so did the rest of the engine but I doubt if those would help.
Like several others have asked..........WHAT used 48" wheelsets?
oldline1
Whakm mk,m, t???? I dunno. I think those guys only do Z gage stuff.
But then NWSL, huh? Neat. I fergot to check them.
Surely sounds like the wheels are 42". I don't recall any 40" or 38" on tenders. And certainly not 45". Still, it would be good if you could specify the model. Just to be sure-ish.
graymatterSo 87 x 0.475 = 41.325" or prototypically 42".....?
Whakm mk,m ,t Edit Gremlins seized control of my keyboard. try again
Whatever they make (any manufacturer), their model does not necessarily have to conform to prototype. NWSL has 40, 42 and 45" wheel sets. Beware, they come with different axle ends. I have no specific knowledge about your model or tender wheel size.
Henry
COB Potomac & Northern
Shenandoah Valley
graymatter I have an old Bachamann made in hong kong tender that needs to pickup on the left rail. It has plastic wheels and axels.
I have an old Bachamann made in hong kong tender that needs to pickup on the left rail. It has plastic wheels and axels.
OK. Tell us more about what it is. Maybe show us a picture. As I hinted, it appears to me that no US tenders had wheels larger than 42". If you tell us what it is a model of, perhaps the wheel diameter (of the real ones) can be determined. Then you can consider if you want to replace the existing wheels with the proper size. Or perhaps there's some other options to explore.
Just in case, I will mention that wheel diameter of railroad wheels is measured over the tread, not the flanges. If you are measuring the overall diameter, go back and also tell us the tread diameter.
If you can find an S scale 36 inch that comes out a hair larger (about 49 inches in HO), but I don't know if they would come in a code 88 or 110 width?
Nothin' easy is coming up.
But I gotta ask: what tender has 48" wheels??
Centipede tenders tend to have 42".
So do the big Santa Fe tenders--the ones with 8 wheel trucks.
I think most others go with 36"--the big guys, anyway.
I believe 42" are available from Precision Scale (HO-3346).
Precision also shows 45" and 50", but they are spoked.