Woody709acy

It came to my attention that my passenger wheel/axle data left its assigned seat and became literal vaporware. It wasn't much, but it was a start. So, I reconstructed the info and am posting it here.
The link in the January blog entry is bust. This is the recent doc dropped onto the cloud

Immediately below was data found online at some point, and I am passing it on from a grateful
modeler. The other data below that was somehow "lost" from my account of cloud (i.e. vaporware)


By length (non exhaustive):
0.540 inch: Micro Trains; Athearn; FVM
0.553 inch: InterMountain; some Atlas
0.563 inch: Con-Cor; some Atlas; Bachmann; Kato
0.573 inch: Arnold-Rapido


By brand:
Information courtesy of Streamlined Backshop


Arnold-Rapido - 0.573 in
Athearn - 0.540 in
Atlas - 0.540 in, 0.553 in, 0.563 in
Bachmann - 0.560 in
BMLA - 0.540 in
Con-Cor - 0.563 in
Deluxe Innovations - 0.553 in
Exactrail - 0.540 in
Fox Valley Models- 0.540 in
Intermountain - 0.553 in
Kato - 0.563 in
Lima - 0.549 in
Micro-Trains - 0.540 in
Model Power - 0.567 in
Rapido passenger - 0.526 in
Rivarossi - 0.549 in
Roundhouse - 0.549 in
Tangent - 0.537 in
Walthers - 0.545 in


Recent measurements are below
It's not end of the Earth accurate, but it gets you in the right ballpark.


measured-passenger wheels (36") Measurements in decimal parts of an inch.


Fox Valley Models
axle len = .553
axle dia = .058
wheel dia = .221
flange = .254


Rivarossi - Arnold
axle len = .550
axle dia = .058
wheel dia = .201
flange = .269


Concor - Rowa
axle len = .542
axle dia = .045
wheel dia = .204
flange = .245


American Ltd. series #8000 (plastic)
axle len = .539
axle dia = .050
wheel dia = .204
flange = .244


MRC - Rowa (plastic)
axle len = .564
axle dia = .058
Wheel dia = .218
flange = .274


Kato early (plastic)
axle len = .563
axle dia = .097
wheel dia = .218
flange = .273


American Ltd Core Kit (plastic)
axle len = .549
axle dia = .069 taper to .053
wheel dia = .226
flange = .265


Lasercut - American Model (plastic)
axle len = .533
axle dia = .062 taper to .053
wheel dia = .222
flange = .265


MTL #101 (2004)(plastic)
axle len = .534
axle dia = .060
wheel dia = .205
flange = .273


Rapido Trains Canada
axle len = .520
axle dia = .045
wheel dia = .225
flange = .264


Rail Smith
axle len = .547
axle dia = .093 taper to .086 plastic
wheel dia = .206
flange = .245


ConCor (push pin centers)
axle len = .560
axle dia = .045
wheel dia = .206
flange = .245


WoT 6 wheel trucks (early)
axle len = .553
axle dia = .058 (plastic)
wheel dia = .225
flange = .260


Intermountain/Des Plains Hobbies
axle len = .553
axle dia = .060
wheel dia = .223
flange = .262


Pecos River Brass
axle len = .553
axle dia = .046
wheel dia = .223
flange = .270


Overland/Ajin
axle len = .575
axle dia = .058
wheel dia = .222
flange = .276


Hallmark/KMT
axle len = .561
axle dia = .058
wheel dia = .220
flange = .273