Are the New Lego Train Wheels Better On Curves?

Lego recently changed their train wheels to be plastic, which made it much worse than the original on a straight portion of track. But how does it do on a curved portion?

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[coreone]

There is a reason why hot wheels still uses metal string on their cars and you know that tiny car is good at it

[rapcreeperproductions]

If Lego designed their train wheels like real ones the solid axle should win every time

[lenny]

"the new ones sucked" that seems to be the general theme of everything lately

[S.A.....]

Seeing the trains sets I always wanted as a kid but never got

[mr.cheese]

Not having one axle makes it worse on corners. Having one axle helps the wheel turn while making a corner. Without the axle the flange rides the corner and creates a lot of friction.

[soanyway]

I think the metal axels are giving the older one more weight, so it’s more capable at keeping momentum

[creeplickitaOFFICIAL]

Metal to plastic friction is way less so there is also a hidden slip u cant really see but its there

[drdiabeetus]

Weigh them and compare the weights. The metal bit of the old one may cause it to weigh more and therefore have more inertia. If you can equalize the weight between the two then re test you may get different results

[zacknelson]

Lego won't go back to the old way, it's cost cutting that's why it's all plastic and independent, a few less parts more money for them

[CalebT_RC]

I miss the old ones. I first got them from that old yellow cargo train

[PunakiviAddikti]

Metal has a lower coefficient of friction, that's why it performs better.

[blackturbine]

There is clever trick with train wheels. The flange is safety feature to keep the train on the rails at high side load.
Train wheels are solidly connected but slightly tapered like a cone, this makes train wheels naturally follow the curve.
as the buggy goes into the curve, outside wheels ride higher than wheels inside the turn making outside wheel effectively larger and inside wheel effectively smaller and as they are connected with solid axle they need to turn together, making it so if larger wheel is left one, buggy will turn right.

[WinterParkRailfanning]

Those new ones work great if you grease the axles. They run really well.

[SonOfTheDevil]

If you are able to take the wheels out, put a little bit of pencil graphite on the axles and it will work a lot better I think

[KGBookkeeping]

Metal beats Plastic every time… we need to expand rock, paper, scissors for the the youth lol

[parkerhenderson]

its possible that the old one did better because its slightly heavier, helping to push it forward more.

[joshslater]

I find that they’re a bit mixed depending on what you use them for. The ones with the metal axles work well for 6-wheeled loco tenders, and the ones without the axle work well on 4-wheeled coaches and wagons. I can’t tell which one is more free-wheeling, but the ones without the axles do handle curves slightly better (the metal axle ones I have can tend to wobble but the ones without are more uneven).

[WolfmanGaming]

The metal axles give it more weight so it has more momentum to travel further

[IrishWannabe]

Good thing i got the old ones from my friend back in pre school

[Ansem]

If you added some weight I’m sure they would perform a lot better on the curve as the over weeks of said curve will always move slower than the outer wheels