Hi,
Does anyone know if any of the Graham Farish 'N' gauge diesel or steam locos have flywheel drive?
Apparently none of the current Bachmann OO gauge steam locos have a flywheel, but their diesel OO gauge locos mostly do (a lot have 2 flywheels).
Also do Hornby have any OO gauge locos with flywheel drive?
Thanks,
Alistair Gutcher
The two new diesel designs, classes 50 and 31. Keith
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The new Bachmann-Farish Diesel and Electric locos all have a flywheel drive, with the exception of the Classes 08, 20, HST and 158. The 08 and 20 do not have room inside the metal bodies for a flywheel.
The 158 is coming out soon with a retooled flywheel chassis and the HST is due for re-release leater in the year with the same.
Apart from the V2, all the steam locos still have the original mechanism with a new skew-wound 5-pole motor but no flywheel. I'm told that the improvement from the original Poole-built GF is considerable, though.
"Alistair Gutcher" wrote
locos have flywheel
Fairly confident that all of the 6-wheel bogie diesels manufactured under Bachmann's ownership have flywheel drive. I'm not certain that the 4-wheel bogie diesels (class 20, 25 & 33) have flywheels.
John.
John.
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