Increasing electrical pick up

[Green_Elite_Cab]

Tomar makes pick-up shoes, although you may also be able to make your own if you can find some phosphor-bronze strip material.
I installed a set of Tomar shoes on this Athearn switcher, even though it uses all eight wheels for current collection. Even with all wheels off the track, it'd keep going.
Wayne

I actually broke down and used the tomar shoes. there were areas of the truck i could drill through and and tap. I cut the screws and tomar shoes short after installation and filed the screw flush with the cover plate of the trucks. So far, this has totally eliminated all connectivity issues.

the tomar shoes are 100% easier than the crazy system i rigged onto 4457 above.

the apparatus i used above only BARELY improved things, but the tomar shoes have apparently done the trick. pics forth-coming.