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I'm still in my first year of 16mm garden railwaying but I do understand concerns with exposed gears. My line has the track 'floating' on a bed of gravel with ballasting. In Japan we go from below zero up to 40 degrees celcius in July/August so the track moves quite a lot. No real problem though, I just spend a little time adjusting and re-ballasting - which is in itself relaxing. This does mean that the bottom of engines are open to whatever happens to be lying on the track. So far I have three battery locos and a railcar, all with gears exposed. With a good application of grease to all moving parts and a brief inspection after running I haven't had any problems so far. Having scratch built everything I think I have perhaps a strong desire to protect them from the garden - part of the fun of running trains where they should be. Ralph speaks the truth about 16mm, our trains are not small or easily breakable. I think we all tend to find a happy compromise between taking care of our 'pride and joys' and nor worry too much about wear and tear. All the best, Matthew [bow]
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