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At MSI the metal axles will cut the plastic sideframes...but then, nobody runs 'em like we do LOL!! Each manufacturer's plastic is different. We wore out some Rivarossi sideframes in three weeks....then used the IM rollerbearing sets until that train was stored. Those wheels are now under Metra. The 24 car MDC train sidelined over the weekend used IM's along with others...if they were already metal, IM's weren't substituted. That led us to lube axle ends. Some of the original Walthers Superliner trucks are showing wear, so they were lubed as a preventive measure. I'm thinking of a measuring stick to be inserted between the railhead and truck frame to quickly identify worn trucks. And we've placed an order for a couple of hundred trucks of various manufacturers and designs too. And a note on locos...the three high mileage Kato 70MACs trying to make the 2 thousand miles to Seattle...the copper axle (wheel) wiper had the holes worn into ovals. They were replaced at the last servicing. I remember a conversation trackside with a modeller who wnted to suggest fancy journals and whatever....I laughed and said its cheaper and less trouble to just buy new plastic sideframes. David Harrison
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