railfan
junk collector
I use N scale and sometimes I read about roller bearings and friction bearings in online descriptions of features of N rolling stock. I have about 90 different railcars, boxcars, tankers, hoppers, flatcars, baggage cars, gondolas. Many of them I bought used and when opening the packages after delivery some of the wheels had fallen off....which I put back on. I've never seen or noticed any functional bearings or even bushings in any of these small wheel/truck assemblies.....just a point on the axle end that rides in a cone shaped pit in the truck.
I assumed that when describing roller or friction "bearings" they were just talking about the fine prototypical detail of the trucks. Am I correct about this?........or am I missing something?
Mike
I assumed that when describing roller or friction "bearings" they were just talking about the fine prototypical detail of the trucks. Am I correct about this?........or am I missing something?
Mike