Easy Fixed Needed For Passenger Car Trucks

Leave them on the tracks.

I have cars that do that, I never thought about trying to modify them.

My thoughts also. I sure wouldn't want to add anything to the trucks that might hinder their rotation when going thru switches, etc..

Come to think of it, one of my pieces of rolling stock has 1 or 2 "pegs" on or near the bolster that keeps the truck from spinning around.  Now all I have to do is turn all of them over until I find the one!

I would think that if a "peg" were positioned correctly, it wouldn't hinder the truck from swiveling to negotiate 072 curves.

Once I find "THE" car I'll post a photo.

I've seen those, and many cars have the steps to keep them from rotating.

Didn't the old Lionel make their cars that way so they could be more easily packaged in shorter boxes? Sort of a "heritage" thing.

It might be easy to add a post into the bottom of the car that sticks between a pair of wheels. I did that on some home-made HOn30 cars cuz the small N-gauge wheels under an HO car were kinda hard to place on the rails if they could turn around too far. But I don't see much need for it in O-gauge, unless you are doing a lot of switching with your 0-5-0.

Bob2, I think that's what I'll do.

I looked at my rolling stock and determined I must have been dreaming about the "peg" cause I couldn't find it.

I have plenty of #2 screws and the passenger cars are the only ones that I have a problem with.

Bob -

Have you ever seen what happens in the "Real World" when a passenger car is lifted up?