Has anyone attempted to run one of the new Lionel 6-1128* Mikes on O-31 track? I see they are rated for O-36. I have an O-31 curve on my layout (no O-31 turnouts, though). Thinking of saving up to get one, but I don't want to find out the hard way that it won't make it around the turn!
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Since they are based on K-Line tooling and K-line Mikes were rated for O31, I think you will be OK. I don't think they changed the pilot wheels which are usually the problem on tight curves.
The only O36 locomotive I had a pproblem with on O31 was the Hogwart's conventional, the pilot trucks rubbed and derailed on O31, and I couldn't cume up with a fix.
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