Cylindrical Hopper - Lionel Fix

I am going to order a set of the high rail trucks that are due out soon and I am going to see if that helps.  I am guessing the deeper flanges will keep them suckers on the track. 

Ben.

I had my doubts that replacing the couplers would correct the tracking problems. 

 

I learned a long time ago that if it doesn't stay on the track, the problem is either with the wheels or how freely the truck pivots. 

 

Rusty

Of course,Rusty is correct.

 

If you some cars that won't stay coupled, you don't change the wheel sets to fix the problem....what are they thinking?

 

Mark in Oregon

For those of you who have tried the fix, are you going to contact people at Lionel to give them this feedback?  If no one complains about the fix not working, how will they know?  They apparently were concerned enough about this to go through the trouble of "making" this fix and providing it for free.  Feedback about how it did or did not work should be helpful.

 

Mike A.

 

 

I can't speak for Lionel's solution, but I did this as a "proof of concept" (AM trucks, SHS hirail wheels and couplers) and it ran just fine on S-Trax.

Once reequipped with scale wheels and Kadee's, I have no trouble even on my rickety code 100 track.  I've since regauged the original trucks, but seeing they make the car sit too high, I'll have to try to find a use for them elsewhere, eventually.

 

I guess I don't understand why Lionel didn't take the simple route and duplicate what other manufacturers have done. 

 

I guess maybe the question should be: Are spinning endcaps worth all the grief?

 

Well, here's hoping the issues will be straightened out on the next run of hoppers and the 57' mechanical reefers.

 

It's becoming pretty tough lately to convince some folks the scale side that Lionel/Flyer's worth a look.

 

But even with all the problems, once they're fixed up, they do look pretty good in a train, (scale AM trucks, Kadee's) as Tom Hawley's cars do on the South Eastern Michigan S Gaugers modulars at this year's NASG convention:

 

Rusty