passenger cars

[union pacific 4014]

how much should passenger cars weigh ? and how do you keep them from tipping to one side or the other ?

[rogertra]

how much should passenger cars weigh ? and how do you keep them from tipping to one side or the other ?

Google NMRA standards.

Cheers

Roger T.

[ACY]

If you add several ounces of lead weights the cars will not tip and track better.

[Doneldon]

how much should passenger cars weigh ? and how do you keep them from tipping to one side or the other ?

4014-

The weight of HO passenger cars is calculated the same as all rolling stock: One ounce plus 1/2 ounce for every inch of length. Thus, a passenger car can weigh anywhere from about four ounces (for a very short, early car about 40 feet long) to nearly seven ounces (for a full-length modern car at around 85 feet long). It's an easy formula but you'll have to do your own math since we don't know what length your passenger cars are.
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[union pacific 4014]

would  adding interiors help?  these car are ihc  and don't have interiors in them

[ACY]

would  adding interiors help?  these car are ihc  and don't have interiors in them

This would be negligible and have no effect unless they were made of brass or lead or other metal. But the ones you have in mind are likely plastic or resin.

[union pacific 4014]

there plastic  and the cars don't have any weights that i can see

[richg]

Wobble. Read about this issue many years ago in a paper mmr magazine.

http://modeltrains.about.com/od/customizingmodeltrains/qt/Fixing-A-Wobbly-Train-Car.htm

Rich

[rogertra]

Wobble. Read about this issue many years ago in a paper mmr magazine.

http://modeltrains.about.com/od/customizingmodeltrains/qt/Fixing-A-Wobbly-Train-Car.htm

Rich

Been doing this to all my cars for donkey's years.  I read it in MR Magazine.

Brake wheel or "B" end tight the other end, the "A" end, loose.

Yes, freight cars have an "A" and "B" end people.  Just like locos have an "A" end marked.  If they didn't how would people know what end needed work?

"Fix the front left axle journal."  If a freight car didn't have an "A" and a "B" end, how would you know which is the front left axle journal?  However, Fix the "A" end front axle left journal." now makes sense.  Looking from the "B" end towards the "A" you now know left from right, just as looking from the rear of a diesel to the "F" end tells you left from right. 

Now, how many people knew that freight cars had an "A" and "B" end? 

Cheers

Roger T.

[jbrock27]

I did, I did !!!

[Doneldon]

Roger-

Sorry, Roger. I knew it already, too. And for a long time. I think this is widely known among railfans and model rails.

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[rogertra]

Roger-

Sorry, Roger. I knew it already, too. And for a long time. I think this is widely known among railfans and model rails.

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Us more serious ones, perhaps.  But for the vast majority, I don't think so.  :-)

Cheers

Roger T.

[jward]

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Now, how many people knew that freight cars had an "A" and "B" end? 

Cheers

Roger T.

actually certain cars also have a c end. this would be on articulated cars, where the c end is the one with the articulated joint.

[rogertra]

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Now, how many people knew that freight cars had an "A" and "B" end? 

Cheers

Roger T.

actually certain cars also have a c end. this would be on articulated cars, where the c end is the one with the articulated joint.

I did not know that, thanks.

Cheers

Roger T.