Is anyone interested in Hi-Rail wheels with small flanges? If there is enough interest we will produce them.
Dave, LBR
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How would they differ from the current 2-Rail scale wheeled equipped freight trucks currently offered by Weaver and MTH?
Don't think there's that much of a demand for a pure non-insulated small-flange hi-rail wheel. Those interested in smaller flanges can find replacement code 172 2-rail wheel sets pretty easily. Most of those wheels were insulated on only one side so if you needed rail bridging for insulated rail signal triggering you could place a pair of axles in a truck with the insulators on opposite sides.
Would you follow the NMRA Hi rail standard? I think it would be nice if they were insulated so people could do 2 rail hirail if they wanted.
Originally Posted by Nortonville Phil:
Would you follow the NMRA Hi rail standard?
Wouldn't those still have the oversized flange.
I think it would be nice if they were insulated so people could do 2 rail hirail if they wanted.
I have quite a few 2-Rail scale wheel equipped freight cars and cabooses, and they seem to operate pretty well on our Atlas O 3-Rail layout. I have found that the Weaver and MTH 2-Rail scale wheels seem to work best, as their tread width is wider than other 2-Rail wheels.
Let me see, Kadee couplers, slightly better looking wheelsets, all just to keep the center rail? This is a lot of effort just to avoid the 2- rail look.
We are thinking about doing both steel and Delrin wheels.
Dave, LBR
Originally Posted by CUSTOM "O" DECALS:
We are thinking about doing both steel and Delrin wheels.
Dave, LBR
Does the wheel will be like IM or you are going to make the full shape?
AG.
I don't think it would be wise to attempt.
1. The in service amount of tubular track including Gargraves, which are rounded over the top would work against the small flange hugging a squared off rail.
2. A lot of hi-rail operators have a tendency to run a bit fast and this would lead to derailments
3. I feel your target audience would be small. What marketing stats are you basing this on? In addition to this post why not start an online survey.
I will stay with the larger flanges, but good luck should venture there
I bet the old 40s' 50s' code 175 O scale wheels with the .062 flanges would work well with Atlas track. The newer O scale code 175 wheels had the smaller .046 high flanges. I believe these are the Bob Turner standard wheels. 
I use them too. I also have the Intermountain wheels and they are narrower but not the current NMRA .145 width.
What would a Hi-Rail wheel with smaller flanges look like? Would it be wide? .220 wide perhaps but with maybe .062 flanges?
Originally Posted by L.I.TRAIN:
I don't think it would be wise to attempt.
1. The in service amount of tubular track including Gargraves, which are rounded over the top would work against the small flange hugging a squared off rail.
2. A lot of hi-rail operators have a tendency to run a bit fast and this would lead to derailments
3. I feel your target audience would be small. What marketing stats are you basing this on? In addition to this post why not start an online survey.
I will stay with the larger flanges, but good luck should venture there
Steve!
I was running IM wheels on GG for years even using GG switches!!
AG
