Wahl Clipper Oil for Track: The Verdict 2 Years on?

[doctorwayne]

......so me thinks plastic wheels might not be as bad as led to believe.
jim

It's my theory that the manufacturers of replacement wheels are the ones that started the stories about the evils of plastic wheels. It's unbelieveable how many people spend tons of money on replacing the wheels only because someone else did so. If you like the sound of the metal wheels or their appearance, fine, use them. If plastic wheels are causing some problem, replace them. Some plastic wheelsets in the past had wheels that were out-of-round, or not square to the axle, while others had poorly formed flanges that led to derailments - all good reasons to replace them. I did so, too, but used plastic wheels that a friend had given me, as he replaced all of the wheels on his freight and passenger equipment. Most of them worked just fine for me. All of this was many years before the current craze, too - he simply preferred the sound that they made.
Lots of the current cars available now come with metal wheels, and I'll certainly use them. Like the plastic ones, though almost all of them require painting, both on the front and rear faces, as well as the axles.

Wayne