MTH 64' Wood sided passenger car set (MTH 20-62093)

I asked the same question earlier this year. I didn’t get an answer. I went ahead and purchased a set of the B&O Royal Blue. I really like the look. 

I am in the process of setting up my Christmas layout. My center loop has o36 but not a full 180o. I have 2 10” straights in the between the corners.

I can hand push them through the curves easily. I don’t run my trains fast maybe 20 smph. 

Here is a picture of them sitting on a curve.

There is still a little room between the couplers and the underside of the steps.

This is a picture of them sitting on 4 pieces of o36. Now the coupler arms are touching the steps.

Hope this helps.

MarkW.

I have Atlas O-36 curves and my set went through the curves dependably. 

Too bad MTH chose the rather odd 64' length. Most of the railroads that operated had shorter cars.

I recently had  consistent derailments with 034" curved Gargraves. The easy solution was to remove the brake hose (which is arguably prototypical)  and cut small notches inside the steps with an xacto knife. This allows the coupler to swing enough to stay in the center of the track on the tight curves. So 036" may or may not be a concern.

No problems with the matching 0-4-0 engines though.

Thanks for your replies.

We love the look of the MTH Premier 64' Woodsided Passenger Cars and run them on our FasTrack layout with 0-36 curves without an issue. They just hang over a bit and be mindful of any structures that may be too close to your track as they swing around. Here's a look at the LIRR set in our video:  https://youtu.be/UD7f9i3he1M

Awesome, Thanks for explanation and for the link to your video.

Update:

While still working on the Christmas layout, I have been running these cars on both the 0-36 loop and the 0-48 loop for two weeks now.

I found that I needed to remove the hoses that are attached to the couplers.  The hoses that were on the inside of a curve where not leave  enough swing room. From time to time I would get a derailment.

The hoses are easily removed there are two holes in the top of the coupler arm that hold the hose unit. I used forceps, but tweezers or a small bladed screwdriver will work. You just need to lift up on the hose unit.

Now I can run them at higher speeds= 40smph.

Mark W.