ExactRail metal wheels (33" and 36") 12 and 100 packs

[tom mann]

Why superelevate curves when you can just superelevate the cars?

[wazzou]

It'd be more fun though to put them facing opposing directions in each truck.

[ednadolski]

It'd be more fun though to put them facing opposing directions in each truck.

Could be a way to model this:

Ed

[jpwisc]

No back profile!

That is the first thing I noticed. The original announcement video shows the rear profile.

I wanted that for my tank cars, the lack of a rear profile is very noticeable on them.

[davefoxx]

Why superelevate curves when you can just superelevate the cars?

The race car drivers call it "stagger."  Could be helpful on a HCD layout, just like on an oval track for race cars.   

DFF

[tom mann]

I love the MAW!

[GaryHinshaw]

I just hope these aren't magnetic like the old ones were.

I don't know if the new wheels are magnetic or not, but I have noticed that many (perhaps all) of my ExactRail cars have come with magnetic wheels in the past.  I've also noticed that these wheels tend to accumulate far more crud on my layout than other wheels.  I can't specifically tie that to their magnetism, but it seems plausible that some of my rail crud is also magnetic.

[peteski]

Are the actual wheel magnetic, or just the steel axle?

I have seen plenty of wheel sets where the wheels are either plastic, brass, or nickel silver where just the axle is magnetic (steel), but I have not seen any wheels where the actual wheels were made of magnetic material (like steel).  But I also see how that be a possibility (steel/iron is cheaper than the other non-magnetic metals so that would be a way to cut the costs of those wheels).

[Wutter]

Are the actual wheel magnetic, or just the steel axle?

I'm not 100% sure, but they definitely used to have steel axles as I remember trucks with ExactRail wheels drawn towards track magnets.

I doubt there is anything actually magnetic in the wheels so the correct terminology would be ferrous.

[C855B]

... I doubt there is anything actually magnetic in the wheels so the correct terminology would be ferrous.

So, then, that would make them ferrous wheels?




I'll be here all week.

[peteski]

I'm not 100% sure, but they definitely used to have steel axles as I remember trucks with ExactRail wheels drawn towards track magnets.

I doubt there is anything actually magnetic in the wheels so the correct terminology would be ferrous.

Um, you mean non-ferrous wheels then?    Ferrous is "related to iron", so ferrous material would be magnetic, no?

[railnerd]

[parkrrrr]

Um, you mean non-ferrous wheels then?    Ferrous is "related to iron", so ferrous material would be magnetic, no?

Ferromagnetic. He's saying that they don't (deliberately) have a magnetic field of their own, but they are attracted to other magnetic fields.

[peteski]

Ferromagnetic. He's saying that they don't (deliberately) have a magnetic field of their own, but they are attracted to other magnetic fields.

This is getting really silly. I don't think any company ever made N scale wheels which were magnets. I've heard of T-gauge wheels being magnets and also Magnetraction (was that Lionel?) equipment having wheels which are magnets. but not in N scale. Since N scale track is made from nickel-silver, magnetized wheels would be pointless.

[cfritschle]

This is getting really silly. I don't think any company ever made N scale wheels which were magnets. I've heard of T-gauge wheels being magnets and also Magnetraction (was that Lionel?) equipment having wheels which are magnets. but not in N scale. Since N scale track is made from nickel-silver, magnetized wheels would be pointless.

The old Arnold Rapido track would rust, so Magnetraction would have worked on it.   

Carter