lgb on code 200 rail

grizzmo

grizzmo

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Hi all newbie question, I vaguely remember reading somewhere many years ago that lgb will not run on code 200 rail as the deep flanges hit on the chairs, is this true? and is it just older lgb stuff or new stuff too? .
 
grizzmo said:
Hi all newbie question, I vaguely remember reading somewhere many years ago that lgb will not run on code 200 rail as the deep flanges hit on the chairs, is this true? and is it just older lgb stuff or new stuff too? .
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True and not true! I have Code 200 track and the newer LGB stuff seems fine, the older stuff not so good. I read somewhere someone had slightly narrowed the gauge on their stock, so the flanges are inside of the chairs
 
Paul M said:
True and not true! I have Code 200 track and the newer LGB stuff seems fine, the older stuff not so good. I read somewhere someone had slightly narrowed the gauge on their stock, so the flanges are inside of the chairs
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Thanks thats a relief , I have been collecting peco code 200 for a few years ( wow has the price risen), getting ready to start a railway and some code 250 that came up pretty cheap. Any idea if I am looking at second hand stock online, what is old and what is new roughly decades?
 
Can't help with Peco, but I have some LGB brass rail which must be 40 years old and it's still in use on my railway.

I should think Peco would be almost as good although I believe it is nickel silver plated steel....
 
Gizzy said:
Can't help with Peco, but I have some LGB brass rail which must be 40 years old and it's still in use on my railway.

I should think Peco would be almost as good although I believe it is nickel silver plated steel....
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Thanks for the reply gizzy , i didn't phrase my question well, I was meaning when it came to lgb stock , what would be classed as old or new as to having larger wheel flanges, so i can use it on code 200 rail without bouncing on the chairs .
 
grizzmo said:
Thanks for the reply gizzy , i didn't phrase my question well, I was meaning when it came to lgb stock , what would be classed as old or new as to having larger wheel flanges, so i can use it on code 200 rail without bouncing on the chairs .
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Inevitable talking about rail code brings up that old chestnut of scale. So Peco G45 rail is Code 250 (250 thou (thousands) of an inch deep), I believe that Gauge 1 rail tends to be 200 thou though I do not have any to hand to put my micrometer to. I use Peco G45 mostly and have few problems with older stock as I have changed all my rolling stock to either LGB or Bachman Metal Wheels. The only loco I have that is so old being a 2080S (1974-1992 production). This was purchased in around 1984 second hand so could be dated any time in those 10 years. It did have deep flanges on the pony and trailing trucks, I lucked out at some time as these got changed to a smaller flange depth sorting out issues on Peco G45 track. Looking at the pic in LOK my 2080S appears to have lower flanges so will have been changed at some timeDuring the production period. The 2080D in LOK appears to show deeper flanges so these would date that production from 1973 to sometime before 1984 for deeper flange production. Hope that helps a little.
 
dunnyrail said:
Inevitable talking about rail code brings up that old chestnut of scale. So Peco G45 rail is Code 250 (250 thou (thousands) of an inch deep), I believe that Gauge 1 rail tends to be 200 thou though I do not have any to hand to put my micrometer to. I use Peco G45 mostly and have few problems with older stock as I have changed all my rolling stock to either LGB or Bachman Metal Wheels. The only loco I have that is so old being a 2080S (1974-1992 production). This was purchased in around 1984 second hand so could be dated any time in those 10 years. It did have deep flanges on the pony and trailing trucks, I lucked out at some time as these got changed to a smaller flange depth sorting out issues on Peco G45 track. Looking at the pic in LOK my 2080S appears to have lower flanges so will have been changed at some timeDuring the production period. The 2080D in LOK appears to show deeper flanges so these would date that production from 1973 to sometime before 1984 for deeper flange production. Hope that helps a little.
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thanks Jon, that does help a lot , so if try for 2000 onwards i should be safe
 
grizzmo said:
Thanks for the reply gizzy , i didn't phrase my question well, I was meaning when it came to lgb stock , what would be classed as old or new as to having larger wheel flanges, so i can use it on code 200 rail without bouncing on the chairs .
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In that case, the simplest solution is to change the wheels, as I have done.

All my passenger stock has metal LGB wheels and my freight vehicles Bachmann metal wheels.

As I'm using code 332 track, mostly LGB, but also some ART, PIKO and TRAIN-LINE, I can only advise that you compare your various wheels, test on your Peco code 200 track and replace those which foul on the chairs on your wagons.

Loco stock would be a little more complex but LGB locos usually have a small round sticker underneath with a date code. If I recall correctly, the first and last numbers of the 6 figures are the year of manufacture....
 
Gizzy said:
In that case, the simplest solution is to change the wheels, as I have done.

All my passenger stock has metal LGB wheels and my freight vehicles Bachmann metal wheels.

As I'm using code 332 track, mostly LGB, but also some ART, PIKO and TRAIN-LINE, I can only advise that you compare your various wheels, test on your Peco code 200 track and replace those which foul on the chairs on your wagons.

Loco stock would be a little more complex but LGB locos usually have a small round sticker underneath with a date code. If I recall correctly, the first and last numbers of the 6 figures are the year of manufacture....
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Thankyou very much gizzy, i don't have any rhb stock yet, that info on date code is very helpful thankyou.
 
Flying15 said:
Only problem I’ve encountered is the pick up shoe shorting on the crossing on points which I’ve resolved by a bit of judicial bending
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Thanks for the reply, that is good to hear, i should not have much problems then.
 
grizzmo said:
Thanks for the reply, that is good to hear, i should not have much problems then.
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My pal uses Gauge 1 track with live frogs but switches the frogs polarity thus eliminating any of the shorting issues.
 
It's worth clarifying whether we're talking code 200 or code 250. Peco track is code 250 :nod: :nod:
 
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