MTH and or other trolleys on Bmann EZ Street?

I ran a Christmas layout on the track this year with bump-n-go.  Used the smaller diameter track and the trolleys ran well (except for one reluctant lionel).  I had a bumper right against the wall. Immediately out of that end was a  90 degree curve, about 4 feet of straight, then a Y which went into 4' BY 2' loop around the "city park".

 

Seems that if you have a trolley with rollers instead of a pickup shoe, it would run a bit better. Powered it with an MRC Tech II transformer that I got off of Ebay for $8.00. Liked that because it had on on/off switch so I could just leave it plugged in all the time.

 

Hope that helps.

That helps! And the MTH trolleys have rollers. I'll will check the pickups before I try any other brands.

I have been running the MTH SEPTA trolley on the 16 inch Super Streets (or now E Z Streets) curves and it works very well. The 21 inch size of Super Streets should be good for most trolleys.

 

Lee Fritz

Marty,

 

I have a bunch of MTH Bump and Go's.  They work well for almost any application, and have rollers as you have mentioned.

 

I bought one Lionel trolley.  It had sliding "shoes" and I had a tough time keeping it running.  On EZ streets with a shallow center rail, I think it would not work as well.

 

Atlas Industrial Rail trolleys also have rollers.  They're a bit longer, and are both Bump and Go AND have an E-unit.  Nice design.

 

Ed

The out of production Bowser single trucker has a shorter wheelbase than the MTH bump and go trolley.  Boswer's wheelbase is 2 inches versus 3 inches on the MTH trolley. But not all Bowser's are reversible.

The MTH bump and go WILL NOT go around the D-16 Superstreets track. The wheelbase is just the wrong size it is a little too wide The whhellseels flanges get caught in the curve and ride up.

 

On the other hand (and possibly confusingly) the larger 2 truck MTH Brill and the MTH PCC cars will go around the D-16 Superstreets track.

 

Silver Lake - That's a bummer

Eddie - do you have the same experience?

 

The answers are so opposite, that I want to be sure. I don't doubt either of you, I've just bought enough "dang that's not gonna work" That I'd like to avoid it, if possible

Marty:

 

My experience generally agrees with SilverLake’s.  As I’ve posted on here before, my MTH bump-and-go trolley runs fine on D-21 Superstreets curves but NOT on D-16 curves.  It will negotiate the D-16 curves but when entering the curves at a realistic speed it will stop completely unless the throttle is raised very high.  Then when coming out of the curves, the throttle has to be reduced again to maintain a realistic trolley speed on the straight.  So if you’re planning unattended operation of your trolley on D-16 curves, the MTH bump-and-go is not for you. 

 

HTH,

 

Bill

The transition pieces are a must unless you shave the curve to match the straights on the 5" or longer pieces.  my PCC's would mess all up because it was not smooth transition.  in lieu of buying a bunch of sections to transition every curve, I just dremeled the angle of the plastic to match the straights.  a lot cheaper.  I have no issue with PCC or Bump or go now at any turn.  I use DCS also an the signal has no issue traveling. 

Thanks folks

The shelf I'm looking at is a no go at 21, so thanks all.