A lot of early electric model train manufacturers went for three rail so
that the wheels did not have to be insulated, the outer rails being common &
the centre one completing the circuit. Lionel was AC, others DC. I converted
all my Lionel to 2 rail DC using rectifier bridges on the motors &
insulating the wheels so it could run on the same track as the rest.
Nowadays, battery powered radio control is becoming the in-thing so even
plastic track could be used!
Alan
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From: Joseph McAllister
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 9:09 AM
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Subject: Re: PESO - (and VESO) The Christmas Train
From what I recall of my childhood AmFly set, the difference then was scale,
mine smaller than Lionel (and less expensive). I had the Burlington Zephyr
aluminum streamliner (in the 50s) because I had ridden a version of it from
Phoenix to LA in 1952 when I was ten. Lionel had 3 rail track, my AmFly had
only two (why have more, I dunno).
When I left for college in 1960 as soon as I got on the plane my mother sold
my Slingerland Drum set, and my train set. Bummer.
On Oct 29, 2013, at 11:34 , Alan C wrote:
Yes, you're right. Lionel track was O gauge but all the early Lionel
rolling stock, including locos, were under-scale, closer to S than O. I
was confusing gauge & scale. I still have quite a bit of it and everything
is small compared to my stock of European origin. More recent Lionel
trains are both O gauge & O scale 1:48. I have a Texas Special A-B Diesel
loco which is full O scale. European O is a little bigger 1:43.5. BTW,
according to what I read on the Web, American Flyer never made S gauge
stuff. The plot thickens!
I might just be tempted to dust everything off, put down a few meters of
track & take some side-by-side snaps.
Alan
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