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I've just fitted Proto metal wheels to an Athearn 3-unit drawbar double stack car, and can offer the following advice: Proto wheelsets are a direct replacement for Athearn - axle lengths are correct, and they're reasonably priced. The Double stack car uses 33' wheels - smooth back type. This is probably also correct for the stand alone Athearn double stack car. The 5-unit Gunderson Maxi-III uses a mixture of 33' wheels for the end trucks and 36' wheels for the intermediate ones. Walther's 5-unit spine car uses 33' wheels Athearn's Impack uses 28' wheels (I think, they're smaller than the 33' wheelsets, so I guess they must be 28'). I also have a question about this topic. Does anyone know what size wheels the Athearn ACF Centreflow hopper should have? The kit comes with 33' wheels, but I've had to use offset couplers (Kadee #47 was ideal) and Kadee washers to bring the couplers up to the correct height - should these cars have 36' wheels? I recall a review of a woodchip hopper in MR recently which had this problem, which turned out to have undersized wheels fitted
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