02-01-2014, 03:01 AM
Don't worry about wheels.
Roco to my knowledge has applied finer wheels (compared to other European manufacturers ) since the late '80's early 90's. I clearly recall reading RP25 wheelsets in their catalogs of the time. It was that mention that made me wonder what RP was, and then learned all about the NMRA standards etc. (I was allready aware of the european version of standards, the NEM ).
Roco has always been a manufacturer more geared towards railway modelers than 'toy trains', and used finer details, smaller profiles etc earlier than others. While models from the 70's and early 80's might still have coarser flangeways , and they perhaps remained on models that stayed in production into the 90's (but originally released decades earlier), all their newer releases had great wheel profiles, never an issue. They also had CODE 83 track in their track offerings, moving away from code 100.
In short, this loco should not give you any problems running.
Koos
Roco to my knowledge has applied finer wheels (compared to other European manufacturers ) since the late '80's early 90's. I clearly recall reading RP25 wheelsets in their catalogs of the time. It was that mention that made me wonder what RP was, and then learned all about the NMRA standards etc. (I was allready aware of the european version of standards, the NEM ).
Roco has always been a manufacturer more geared towards railway modelers than 'toy trains', and used finer details, smaller profiles etc earlier than others. While models from the 70's and early 80's might still have coarser flangeways , and they perhaps remained on models that stayed in production into the 90's (but originally released decades earlier), all their newer releases had great wheel profiles, never an issue. They also had CODE 83 track in their track offerings, moving away from code 100.
In short, this loco should not give you any problems running.
Koos
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