meatloaf Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Can anyone conform of the Dapol autocoach will go round 2nd radius curves / set track points? Thinking of getting one with the 14xx Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kubes Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 It probably will...on its own. But you'll almost certainly experience buffer lock issues when coupled to a loco I suspect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 What radius is second? I got one going round a 4'6" rad curve pulled by a Pannier. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted February 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2020 13 hours ago, meatloaf said: Can anyone conform of the Dapol autocoach will go round 2nd radius curves / set track points? Thinking of getting one with the 14xx it says that it will on the box. Have a look at the picture on this eBay sale to see. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dapol-7P-004-010-GWR-diag-N-Auto-coach-39-GWR-twin-cities-brown-cream/283645182443?hash=item420a9201eb:g:HGQAAOSwIRhdpyd7 I have no link to the seller, it was the first decent image that I found. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdseyecircus Posted February 1, 2020 Share Posted February 1, 2020 Two pictures showing the best and worse - depending on how the train enters the curve. The slight play on the wheels determines wether you get buffer lock on peco curves. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meatloaf Posted February 1, 2020 Author Share Posted February 1, 2020 thanks for the replies I think ill see what 4 wheel coaches I can come accross Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2020 An auto trailer by definition spends about half it's running time being propelled, so this is a valid point. Hauled by a 57xx Pannier, or any other non-auto fitted loco, it should perform as any other coach would, but is still more prone to buffer lock as the buffer shanks are very long to account for the extreme bow-end design of the coach. If you need to propel it as in an auto working, or shunt it on tight curvature, you can easily run into trouble and need to establish a minimum radius that can be practically used. If your radii are less than this, the only solution is to couple the loco to the trailer with a fixed bar type of coupling, which will result in the trailer being too far from the loco on straight track but will overcome the buffer locking issue. This coupling will need vertical play if you have gradients on your layout. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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