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dan67millie		#1 Posted : 07 March 2012 17:38:04(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/11/2010(UTC) Posts: 202 Location: England Northamptonshire		Hi can anyone tell me how the Piko hobby locos run on Marklin K track. Piko do some nice Hobby range locos based on SNCF diesels. Such as a BB67400 and a bb66000 THE 66 is what i want, but will it go round the curved points and the tight left and right turnouts. I now the decoders are not good i will replace it with an MFX Marklin one if it will run on the K track. Please HELP dan67millie attached the following image(s):
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RayF		#2 Posted : 07 March 2012 18:12:50(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 14/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 15,840 Location: Gibraltar, Europe		I have a couple of the Piko hobby locos and they have no problems going round my radius 1 and 2 curves, including curved turnouts. However, my layout is C Track, so I don't know if there's any difference running them on K Track.
		Ray Mostly Marklin.Selection of different eras and European railways Small C track layout, control by MS2, 100+ trains but run 4-5 at a time.

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BrandonVA		#3 Posted : 07 March 2012 18:48:21(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,533 Location: VA		R1 is the same on C and K, 360mm...so I can't imagine there would be much of a difference. I have a Piko cattle car (54033) that de-rails sometimes on K track 3-way turnouts, but I think this may just be a function of weight or me not having swapped it to Marklin couplers. At any rate, it's not a loco.
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RayF		#4 Posted : 07 March 2012 19:11:45(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 14/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 15,840 Location: Gibraltar, Europe		Originally Posted by: BrandonVA R1 is the same on C and K, 360mm...so I can't imagine there would be much of a difference. I have a Piko cattle car (54033) that de-rails sometimes on K track 3-way turnouts, but I think this may just be a function of weight or me not having swapped it to Marklin couplers. At any rate, it's not a loco. Brandon, have you tried changing the wheelsets to the AC ones? I had some derailments with Piko wagons and as soon as I changed to the correct wheels the troubles disappeared.
		Ray Mostly Marklin.Selection of different eras and European railways Small C track layout, control by MS2, 100+ trains but run 4-5 at a time.


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Loadmaster		#5 Posted : 07 March 2012 20:06:59(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/02/2010(UTC) Posts: 898 Location: So Cal		I have the Piko Blauer Blitz with an extra intermediate car 5045/5045. I've had this for several years and operate it on "K" track. My ETE chapter has a module layout of which I contribute 2 modules, all "K track and have never had any problem with operaton. Rob
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BrandonVA		#6 Posted : 07 March 2012 20:10:51(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 09/12/2011(UTC) Posts: 2,533 Location: VA		Originally Posted by: RayF Brandon, have you tried changing the wheelsets to the AC ones? I had some derailments with Piko wagons and as soon as I changed to the correct wheels the troubles disappeared. Ray, I have not, and this is probably the problem. Thank you.
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