Just received Strasburg Ore Car six car order from Pat's Trains yesterday after a two and a half year wait. Ran them twice around grandson's 4 x 8 layout and in addition to all the cars bouncing through the Fastrak turnouts one was shorting out. When I examined it I could see that one of the wheels was loose on the axle and wouldn't stay on the spline.
So I was curious to see if these were the new RMT trucks that were being installed (which caused some of the delay). I posted it yesterday and Bill Henning confirmed that these are in fact the new trucks.
https://ogrforum.com/topic/can...0#185988372724276630
So I ran the other five around the track one more time and two more shorted out. When I examined them TWO MORE wheels had come off the axles. Mind you this is around the outer loop of the layout with 036 curves and 048 easements in addition to the fact that the wheels came off on the straightaway.
I cannot imaging how bad the old trucks were if these are the new design. Hopefully I can get a full refund.
John
