Weekend before last I took a bit of the train set up to the Midlands so that one of my hosts could see a little bit what all this fuss about DCC was about and the G scale thing (he has a HO/OO scale work in the progress in his garage).
Part of that involved seeing how fast the loco would go - which the R1 curves I took up with me weren't really up to. What did come out though was the instability of the HLW wagon at speed. I've read about the light weight of the Chinese trucks/coaches from ranges like Newquida and how they can sometimes have problems over reverse curves etc.
Well, the LGB tipper weighs in at 220 g and the HLW wagon at 160 (as does the HLW tipper which isn't pictured). Guess it could be time to start considering putting some lead beneath the chassis to increase the weight and lower the centre of gravity, or some model loads.
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