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At the Hulme End terminus of the Leek and Manifold, the NSR donated a pair of old 4 wheel carriage bodies. The bicycle store was a 4 compartment compo I think and the mess room was a full brake. Page

Then there is the lady who drove her husband’s brand new jag from Manchester to London in 2nd because she thought it was an automatic … Gary -- DISCLAIMER: "Opinions, conclusions and other

In that vein there is the story of the elderly lady owner of a Morris Minor who was getting very low mpg figures from her car. When the garage mechanic couldn't understand why he suggested they do a

That's a good idea Frank. A couple of my locos could do with some minor attention from that point of view. Your story of the old lady with the Morris Minor brought back a memory from about 45

Agreed, find my rolling road really useful for initial running in and fault finding. But this needs combining with running on a layout to see whether your loco goes up and down and round curves.

One advantage of a rolling road is when a loco is binding. Mark a wheel rim, put an analogue ammeter in circuit and watch the needle flick and note the position of the wheel. Doesn't work with a

I haven't yet had to do anything quite so drastic as remove flanges, but my 0-4-2 Decauville ran happily around PLR in its home and yet struggled at ExpoNG. The difference was that at ExpoNG it was

Quite right John. I eventually removed the flanges from the centre driving wheels of two six-coupled locos to help them negotiate the tight curves in my fiddle yard. The Bachrus rolling road didn't

The Hobby holidays chassis jig has a rolling roads feature and can be made for any gauge. Speak to the owner, I found him very helpful.

Kevin, The turning process allows the pressure on the hub of the wheel to equalize as the axle slides through, and also stops the end of the axle from gouging the inner face of the hub. Brian Qld.

John, Very wise words!! Adrian

I have a some Bachrus ones and they work well. However, as we discovered at ExpoNG locos that had been well run in only on rolling roads still may have issues when they first tackle curves and

Hi, I don't know if they are still going , but Finney and Smith , used to produce a very versatile rolling road called the "Bachrus series 40 rolling road ", which was adjustable down to 14mm. Their

I have mine from - http://www.rollingrails.co.uk/ They made me some special multi-gauge roller units and some narrow units for small wheelbases. Cheers, David O14@...> wrote:

Kevin The Bachrus Series 50 rolling road is adjustable from 10mm to 23mm gauge. Finney and Smith sell them and as far as I can make out from their website they still have them. Best of luck Noel

Kevin Try Paul Martin at EDM Models. I made mine from a vari-gauge set from DCC Suplies and made new spacer blocks for 14mm for each roller-set. It does work fine but there are better things to do

Hi All do any of you know of a 14mm gauge rolling roads, to test my locos on (garratts) regards Kevin

Hi David I just read the article, and i was not rotating the chuck.i will try after work. fingers crossed. I meant wobble not buckled thanks for your help kevin

5957 Hi Kevin What do you mean by 'buckled"? I described my pragmatic approach to mounting wheels with a drill press in a post in July (5957 on the 014 Group correspondence log). If you support

Hi all OK I need help. David(KBscale) sent me a few wheel for my South African rolling stock, 176 to be exact. I thought it would be simple. Use a drill press and push the axle through the wheel.