Wheel quality keeps rolling

Read this N scale column from the May 2012 Model Railroader

By Jim Kelly

Published: April 6, 2012

Over the last five years or so, N scalers have shown increased interest in replacement wheelsets. Maybe it’s just because so many more choices have become available.

Up until the ’90s, some cars came with less than satisfactory wheels. Often the trucks didn’t roll freely. Sometimes cars would shimmy down the track and derail for the heck of it. Usually this was the result of wheels that were not round, mounted off-center, or out of gauge.

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