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Over on another forum, there is a heated debate on how blind drivers affect the pulling power of a model loco.
It brought some interesting points to light before several posts were deleted.
My friend, Ted Doskaris, posted some pictures showing how a 50 year old Lionel loco implemented a blind center driver, and illustrates the difference in tread width in this implementation.
Here's one of his pictures from the page on my web site:
Here is the URL for the entire page, showing the contact of the driver (or lack of) on the rails: Web Page on Lionel Adriatic with blind center driver[/b][/b]
The intent of this topic (which may wander of course
) is to invite discussion on people's experiences with blind drivers on their locomotives.
Regards, Greg
It brought some interesting points to light before several posts were deleted.
My friend, Ted Doskaris, posted some pictures showing how a 50 year old Lionel loco implemented a blind center driver, and illustrates the difference in tread width in this implementation.
Here's one of his pictures from the page on my web site:

Here is the URL for the entire page, showing the contact of the driver (or lack of) on the rails: Web Page on Lionel Adriatic with blind center driver[/b][/b]
The intent of this topic (which may wander of course

Regards, Greg