Why Springing?

Take a step beyond the "simple drop-in wheelset" conversion…

Fit one of our sprung bogie kits to your P4 or EM conversion project and see the benefits, including:

• Soft, smooth, graceful ride, absorbing variations in rail level both prototypical (grade, superelevation, yard leads, …) and unintentional (duff rail joints, wavy baseboards, …),

• Elimination of derailments caused by:
  • rigid and/or distorted drive unit mouldings,
  • unsecured, un-weighted centre axles in A1A configurations,

• Loco sits and moves square and level on the track, with the air and appearance of being supported by its bogies rather than perched on top of them,

• Maximum pulling power, security of ride and electrical pickup, with all wheels in firm contact with the rail at all times,

• Control of pitch and roll of bogie frame, now decoupled from wheelsets, gives more realistic movement and allows a more closely prototypical distance to be set between the frame and the lower bodyside of the loco.