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Well, I just took the layout down for the year, and sure enough, the inside edge of the outer rail on all the R1 curves has been worn down to the point where there's a nice bevel to it.  Based on what everyone's saying, I did some testing. I took two pieces of straight track, and connected two new R1 sections to one end.  I then took each car and rolled it along the test track to see what happens.  All cars are single axle (euro style) standard LGB trucks with new LGB metal wheels.  The cars are all from the Stainz passeger starter set. Rolling the cars individually along the track, I can see that when they begin the turn, the front truck doesn't turn - it remains straight.  Of course, this means it drags along the inside of the outer rail.  If I grab the coupler and try to turn it while the car is on the track, it's difficult.  It's not binding on the underside of the car, rather it seems that since both wheels are fixed to the axle, either or both of them are forced to drag along the surface of the track to let the truck turn.  This makes sense.  The wheels can't operate independently.  And given the coupler design, there isn't anything to cause the truck to turn.  When the layout was in operation, you could see that the leading truck on each car remained straight, the trailing one actually did turn due to the load of the next car.  The last car's rear truck however remained turned the entire way around the layout, even on the straight track sections.    I was checking out Ridge Road Station this morning, and noticed that LGB has ball-bearing wheelsets.  I'd think that would allow the trucks to turn more easily since each wheel can operate independently, and as mentioned in an earlier post, allow the outer wheel to travel the additional distance created by the outer rail.  I will get my hands on a metric ruler to check the track width and distance between the wheels, but is it even possible for new LGB wheelsets and new LGB track to be off by that much?  I wouldn't rule anything out at this point though.  ;-) Thanks!
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