Re: HO Power pickup question

Jay1028 <jaylevin...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in 
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> I have a caboose (HO) that I would like to light up.  It has plastic
> wheels.  I have been looking around for metal wheels that will get the
> power from the track but non have wires attached.  Just metal wheels.
> How do I get power from the track with the metal wheels do I have to
> replace the trucks?
> Thanks
> 
> jay

Take a look at Walters part numbers:
147-1533 Athearn Freight 10.40
81-825 Contact Wipers 6.75

They might be along the lines of what you want.  (Metal wheels and the
wire 
is the easy part, it's the contact wiper that's not very common.)

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