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Walthers Pullman Heavyweight Cars/complaint
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[quote user="NeO6874"] <p>[quote user="Safety Valve"]I think the hobby is infected with too much sectional track in the 18" and 22". I say if you want to run big stuff, get big curves to go with it or go home.[/quote]</p><p> </p><p>I agree... however living in a dorm room has it's disadvantages... and the 22" is a pretty good step up from the 15" trainset stuff I previously had<span class="smiley">.</span> Now, I realize I'm still limiting myself BUT seeing trains run around a 4x8 oval (when my roommate is gone... another problem with dorm rooms) is much more amusing to me than having them sit on the shelf all the time... And 22" runs all of my equipment (save for the newly acquired cars) flawlessly. </p><p> </p><p>I may not be able to run the passenger cars at all, and a few of my locos look a tad off when going around the curves, but I knew these "problems" and I bought the things anyway. They might be shelf queens for the next few years, but as soon as college is finished, and I get on my feet (so to speak) I already have a direction and a few "pointers" as to what I can and cannot do - as opposed to building a layout that limits me (in the sense of "well, I've already built the thing and I can't expand the curves to run this...")</p><p>[/quote]</p><p>I tell you a small secret. **Flips pages of the hobby budget... aha... Bachmann Track 35" radius. A loop of the stuff and some straight track goes onto a set of small modular type table or floor in the room. That way the stuff can get some running time. Oval or figure 8 dont know yet.</p><p>I may have to do it outside because of my two cats. They are quite the customs inspectors when new stuff show up in thier primary living area.</p><p>College was hard on everything when I went. I used the Train Simulator on the computer quite a bit for a mainline run from time to time. I remember a steam scenario from the Trains 2004 with the small yard and the lumber yard etc was really good.</p><p>The metal strips were removed from my cars which helped the trucks alot on rough track. I dont plan on wrecking the cars for lighting. I save that fun for the Rapidos (Sorry Walthers) which is really easy-peasy as they say. Im hunting for a equilviant source for the hearing aid batteries style batteries for those cars.</p><p>The trucks will get a little twisted I think in some of the heavyweights I will deal with them by removing them from the cars and testing them on a absolutely flat and flawless surface. I dont know which way Im going to go about fixing them yet. The passenger cars currently sit in a taped box in the corner waiting for the day to run.</p><p>How then am I to run pax trains? I have a small Roundhouse 4-4-0 with several overlands that does the job well on the smaller radius.</p>
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