Legotrainfan1996

Finally, I’ve produced a solution, more along the lines of Sed6’s last post. Here’s the final result: A close up of the boggie attached and a shot of what it looks like by itself They work really well when being pulled, but they do suffer from binding if they are being pushed. Many thanks to the both of you. Of course, this last post wouldn’t be complete without running the cars, so here you are!

Thank you both for your input. Unfortunately, I’ve been tied up between work and gathering pieces for what I hope will be a worthy solution. Pictures to come soon!

Alright, so I created a skeleton frame and played around with the cars for a bit and this is what I found: the lighter the car, the less friction I got. No matter what wheel configuration I used and how far the buffers were from each other, I still got the same rubbing I had before. You can see the real difference the weight of each car makes in this video I also debunked the idea about the buffers based on what was said earlier and this What I did see that didn’t make much sense was when the first car was entering the turn and the second was on a straight. This is what happened Any suggestions?

Links to the actual cars in question Pardon the mess. Unfortunately my wife doesn’t give me much room to work with.

Ok, I was actually counting from the ends of the trucks, my mistake XD but if we are talking about from right under the axle, it is 12 studs. After further investigation, the friction seems to be intensified by the fact that I have 3 cars with the same wheel length. Perhaps weight is an issue? The cattle car from 60052 is fairly light and even though the wheels are at 12, the car actually extends to 20, so maybe that’s why the friction is greater? I wish I could post a picture, but for some reason, my phone says the file is too big.

So, I’m fairly new to the LEGO Train scene and after playing around with some stock LEGO train sets (60051 and 60052) I decided to branch out and make some of my own MOCs. Lately I’ve been having some trouble with the stock train wheels that come with most rolling stock. I’ve always been fascinated by German locomotives and rolling stock, so that’s what I’ve loosely based these on, but the 2 wheel carriages just don’t want to take the turns :( They are 14 studs apart (like the cattle car in set 60052) so I’m not entirely sure what the issue is. Any suggestions?