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The Insulators on Triang Axles are notorious for wearing the shoulders of the insulated bushes. Given the shortage of spares here in Australia, I have made a washer by drilling a hole in a thin plastic lid (margarine tub or similar) and cutting the plastic to a disc less than the wheel diameter. I then cut a small slot so that the washer can be slipped over the axle which will take the place of the worn shoulder rim of the bush. Cost is virtually zero and it has worked well for many club members I have helped with it on a number of Triang chassis! Cheers from Oz Trevor

I use Spikes on my layout spaced out at 5 inch intervals. In HO, 5 inches travelled in 5 secs - 5 mph, 10 inches in 5 seconds is 10 mph etc. My spikes are painted with every fourth one a different colour to represent the 20mph marks. You can change the spike spacing to 5.75 inch spacing in OO or 2.75 inch for N scale. The spikes represent survey pegs that are usually left to rot for many years but quite obvious. The faster you go, the more pegs you cover in 5 seconds in multiples of 5 mph which is what most speed limits have. I have a full story about the idea on http://xdford.digitalzones.com/modelrr10.htm but as my server does not like hot linking, you will have to copy the site manually onto another aspect of the browser. Hope this helps Regards from Oz Trevor Gibbs Melbourne Australia