Recent content by tomsmachine

As a business owner, at times I did hire the less qualfied person. I called it "The Fit" and that was what I was looking for. An example was I needed a B type truck mechanic, capable of doing brake jobs, clutch jobs, electrical etc. in comes a 60 year old A guy surely knowledegable and all but...

On my 1" scale the drive wheels are .562 wide the flange is .140 at the base and tapered at 5°, the tread is tapered with a 2.5° angle. the taper on the tread is what keeps the loco from a drunken path going down the rails. As the train travels on the track and the wheels move axialy, the larger...