Re: Short wheel base South Park / C&S cabooses.

Posted by Chris Walker on
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Keith,

having short wheelbase cars on my Tram, I can say they will upend if weight is on all one end unlike the longer wheelbase cars do.  Translated to "Railroads" the tendency to pitch could lift the leading Flanges high enough to climb the railhead on curves.  The same problems show up at speed with short-framed double trucked cars as well.
They didn't nickname them Bobbers for any other reason.