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Rolling Stock Scheduled Maintenance
Patrick asks:
“My collection of passenger and freight cars is growing and it could be time to collate a maintenance schedule of some kind. Wheel sets, weight, couplers, loose parts, pivots, etc. Am I overthinking problems, or should I just look each one over or test for rollability before I put it on the track?”
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SUBMIT YOUR QUESTION
With the absence of any other comments, I decided to add my own. If train your hobby, then every aspect of it should be part of the Hobby. Just like if we were to get an oil change, it’s maintenance. My suggestion would be to look them over on a schedule and if anything is off, you can correct it. It would be part of the Hobby of trains, to learn how to change out and tighten parts. This is my two cents.