Y3 # 2003 - Y6b 2194

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Lois --
 
If you are willing to experiment -- I had good luck many decades  ago 
filing down the flanges of a Rivarossi E8. Just turn on the power and file  the 
flanges as the wheels rotate. Once the flanges are trimmed to the desired  
depth, file them from the back to thin them so that they will not pick  
switchpoints. As you file, be careful with the temperature to avoid melting  the 
styrene wheel centers. The non-powered wheels can probably be replaced with  
aftermarket parts. 
 
If this doesn't work, you will still have a display locomotive for your  
roundhouse.  
 
Good luck!
Bob Chapman
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 3/2/2011 6:47:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org writes:

Very  sorry this message got sent to both mailing lists. However, I do have 
 another question. If I do decide to buy the old AHM Y6b, what would be  
the best idea for dealing with the oversize flanges? However, I would buy  the 
engine just to sit in the roundhouse, as in my time period  (mid-1950's) 
2-8-8-2's were very common in Williamson...
Lois J.  Ponton

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