Slippage

[Anonymous]

Can anyone tell me if the rubber slips for loco wheels are avaliable? I have some older engines and the rubber that gives the wheels traction is dry rotted.

Thanks for help in advance.

[ShaunCN]

I have the same problem now my locomotive can't pull anything, You should really look into a new locomotive though because the one that come with the rubber bands on the wells are low quality.

ShaunCN

[AltonFan]

Stewart Products makes replacement traction tires in N, and (I believe) HO. One reader suggested in a "workshop" column in one of the magazines, taking a piece of masking tape, cutting it into very thin strips, and wrapping it around the wheel. Yet another suggested some kind of rubber bands used for teeth braces.

I've used the Stewart product with mixed results. The other approaches I haven't tried.

I wonder if filling the groove with silicone bathtub caulk would work, at least in the larger scales.