This is a question that I've just recently been thinking about!
I run my trains clockwise -- it would now seem strange to run them any other way! I also do this so I can back them into sidings, uncouple them, and move the loco on to pick up other trains (BTW, which is actually more prototypical: to back them into siding or to run them in loco first?).
Someone at a train show recently told me that running them constantly in the same direction would not affect their wheels but might affect their motors -- I suspect now he was referring to the gears as mentioned here.
Sooo, maybe I should run them the other way to avoid uneven wearing of gears?
Thanks,
Rob
I run my trains clockwise -- it would now seem strange to run them any other way! I also do this so I can back them into sidings, uncouple them, and move the loco on to pick up other trains (BTW, which is actually more prototypical: to back them into siding or to run them in loco first?).
Someone at a train show recently told me that running them constantly in the same direction would not affect their wheels but might affect their motors -- I suspect now he was referring to the gears as mentioned here.
Sooo, maybe I should run them the other way to avoid uneven wearing of gears?
Thanks,
Rob