Interested In DCCconcepts Multi Gauge Rolling Road

[Engi1487]

I am interested in a rolling road that allows me to tets my locomotives at verious speeds without the need to run it round and round on my Kato initrack loop.

 I found these vairous packs offered by DCCconcepts, with the 12 axle multi gauge rolling road being what I want. It allows rou to run model locomotives in various scales, such as N, HO, OO, and On30, and others.

 This seems like a good package for $99 euros to $150 CAD (I will have to wait for the echange rate to go down) compared to this Bachmann HO scale rolling road that is for only HO scale, and is $209 US dollars, altough it does come with wheel cleaners.

Has anyone had experiance with this european brand of rolling road?

[Overmod]

While we're there: does anyone have experience with (or opinions on) the Tillig Elite track?

You can build roller setups like these into a simulated locomotive test plant (although I don't know a good way to run them in or out without GHA... )

[tstage]

You really don't need the "rolling road".  Just purchase the Bachmann roller bearings in sets of four and place them on a couple of straight connected sections of E-Z track.  I purchased eight (two sets of four) and they were <$100.  That's enough to test/run in a 2-8-2 Mike plus tender.

Tom

[gmpullman]

tstage

Just purchase the Bachmann roller bearings in sets of four and place them on a couple of straight connected sections of E-Z track.

I agree with Tom's assessment.

I bought two sets of the Bachmann EZ Riders and use them frequently for diagnosis and "running-in" work.

IMG_6625 by Edmund, on Flickr

You can power the wheels through the rails if desired or sometimes I connect my DC power supply directly to the motor.

I bought my EZ Riders when one of the larger on-line retailers (I forget now which one) was having some kind of discount premium. Even at full retail, these are very well made devices and are extremely useful for locomotive diagnosis.

I'm actually using all eight under this New York Central T-3 electric:

NYC_T3_Alco by Edmund, on Flickr

[only the middle pair of trucks shown]

Good Luck, Ed

[rrinker]

Overmod

While we're there: does anyone have experience with (or opinions on) the Tillig Elite track?

You can build roller setups like these into a simulated locomotive test plant (although I don't know a good way to run them in or out without GHA... )

 

 Very good, very expensive, and very Euro in appearance. So if you are modelling North American practice, not really suitable. 

                                --Randy