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19 Aug 2024 06:21:23 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Santa Fe rolling stock  
From: David Fontaine
Date: 7 Jan 2001 23:52:07
Message: <3A59465F.B0CBD184@faricy.net>
Francois Labreque wrote:

> Wow! (or should I say woot! woot!)
>
> By the way, the rolling surface of the wheels should very shiny (unless
> your car has been sitting there for too long!) as (a) these surfaces are
> machined to be perfectly circular and (b) the rolling friction of the
> car on the track gets rid of any surface defect that could present
> itself.

I know, they're that way on the locomotive. But in RL the cars don't seem to
get that way nearly as much. I think it's the rubbing of the drive wheels that
get it, the cars don't have any forced rubbing.

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David Fontaine  <dav### [at] faricynet>  ICQ 55354965
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