The Original SBS4DCC Wheel & Axle Wipers
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REINTRODUCING... The Original SBS4DCC Wheel & Axle Wipers
This product is perfect for use in making sound cars, adding interior lighting to passenger cars and cabeese. The contacts are suitable for use with DC or DCC power supplies. Best of all, since they are track powered, we now have the ability to add function decoders to our cars to control interior and marker lights. The uses for this contact are endless. Have fun!
Finally. A clean and easy way to power a decoder or interior lighting kit using track power in your freight and passenger cars. YAY! No more batteries.
You can find additional information on using the product at The Original SBS4DCC Wheel & Axle Wiper Application Notes.
I have drastically reduced the number of models I will offer. What I have learned over the years is that the trucks of nearly every model and manufacturer are different. Different axle spacing, different bolster design, different this and different that. I have chosen to reintroduce some basic designs that can be adapted to fit a lot of different applications.
As a bonus, I am also offering the KATO PU CONN once again. These are basically the same as the contact strips that come in the Kato Light Kits for N scale passenger cars that slide between the floor and pickup strip to make car lighting easy and easily removable.
I have documented the BASIC DIMENSIONS OF EACH SIZE HERE instead of on the product pages. This makes maintenance of information easier and creates a consolidated location to compare the different models.
Please don't ask me which one I think you need. I DON'T KNOW. I have noted the exact model the wiper were designed to fit and that's all I know. I don't mean to sound rude about it but you just gotta try it and make it work. I have shared the full extent of my knowledge here.
HO Scale
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This listing is for (1) sheet of unformed HO-Scale Freight Truck Pick-Ups. The sheet includes (6) HO-A-F4W-ATH Freight Truck Pick-Ups. The HO-A-F4W-ATH has been designed to work with Athearn, Atlas Trainman, Accurail, Exactrail, Walthers and similar four wheel trucks used on HO-Scale freight cars. They are designed to fit trucks with 1.036 inch max axle center spacing and use a 0.250 diameter mounting pilot. They also have a lug with a 0.018 diameter hole for thru-hole mounting of the decoder or other wire leads. This hole size is appropriate for 28ga to 34ga wire as used on most decoders. The contacts are made from photo-etched phosphor-bronze and are shipped flat. |
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This listing is for (1) sheet of unformed HO-Scale Freight Truck Pick-Ups. The sheet includes (6) HO-A-F4W-ATL Freight Truck Pick-Ups. The HO-A-F4W-ATL has been designed to work with Atlas R-T-R, Branchline, Kato, Life-Like and similar four wheel trucks used on HO-Scale freight cars. They are designed to fit trucks with 0.780 inch max axle center spacing and use a 0.225 diameter mounting pilot. They also have a lug with a 0.018 diameter hole for thru-hole mounting of the decoder or other wire leads. This hole size is appropriate for 28ga to 34ga wire as used on most decoders. The contacts are made from photo-etched phosphor-bronze and are shipped flat. |
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This listing is for (1) sheet of unformed HO-Scale Passenger Truck Pick-Ups. The sheet includes (4) HO-A-P4W-IHC Passenger Truck Pick-Ups. The HO-A-P4W-IHC has been designed to work with AHM / IHC / Rivarossi 85' Streamlined and similar four wheel trucks used on HO-Scale passenger cars. They are designed to fit trucks with 1.562 inch max axle center spacing and use a 0.137 diameter mounting pilot. They also have a lug with a 0.018 diameter hole for thru-hole mounting of the decoder or other wire leads. This hole size is appropriate for 28ga to 34ga wire as used on most decoders. The contacts are made from photo-etched phosphor-bronze and are shipped flat. This listing is very similar to the old part HO-A-P6W-ATH designed to work with Athearn 72' Standard and similar six wheel trucks with off-center bolsters used on HO-Scale passenger cars. |
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This listing is for (1) sheet of unformed HO-Scale Passenger Truck Pick-Ups. The sheet includes (4) HO-A-P6W-IHC Passenger Truck Pick-Ups. The HO-A-P6W-IHC has been designed to work with AHM / IHC / Rivarossi 85' Standard and similar six wheel trucks used on HO-Scale passenger cars. They are designed to fit trucks with 1.652 inch max axle center spacing and use a 0.137 diameter mounting pilot. They also have a lug with a 0.018 diameter hole for thru-hole mounting of the decoder or other wire leads. This hole size is appropriate for 28ga to 34ga wire as used on most decoders. The contacts are made from photo-etched phosphor-bronze and are shipped flat. This listing is very similar to the old part HO-A-P4W-ATH designed to work with Athearn 72' Standard and similar six wheel trucks with on-center bolsters used on HO-Scale passenger cars. |
N Scale
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This listing is for (1) sheet of unformed N-Scale Freight Truck Pick-Ups. The sheet includes (12) F4W-KP Freight Truck Pick-Ups. The F4W-KP has been designed to work with Micro-Trains, Atlas, Intermountain and similar four wheel trucks used on N-Scale freight cars. They are designed to fit trucks with 0.520 inch max axle center spacing and use a 0.138 diameter mounting hole. They also have a lug with a 0.018 diameter hole for thru-hole mounting of the decoder or other wire leads. This hole size is appropriate for 28ga to 34ga wire as used on most decoders. The contacts are made from photo-etched phosphor-bronze and are shipped flat. |
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This listing is for (1) sheet of unformed N-Scale 6-wheel Freight Car Truck Pick-Ups. The sheet includes (4 pr) A-F6W-MT-BKY Freight Car Truck Pick-Ups. The A-F6W-MT-BKY has been designed to work with Micro-Trains 6 wheel Buckeye and Commonwealth freight trucks. They are designed to fit trucks with 0.686 inch max axle center spacing and use a 0.089 diameter mounting hole. They also have a lug with a 0.018 diameter hole for thru-hole mounting of the decoder or other wire leads. This hole size is appropriate for 28ga to 34ga wire as used on most decoders. The contacts are made from photo-etched phosphor-bronze and are shipped flat. |
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This listing is for (1) sheet of unformed N-Scale 8-wheel Tender Truck Pick-Ups. The sheet includes (3 pr) A-P4W-BAC-S8W Tender Truck Pick-Ups. The A-P4W-BAC-S8W has been designed to work with Bachmann 8 wheel tender trucks used on N-Scale 4-8-4 Northerns and similar models. They are designed to fit trucks with 0.926 inch max axle center spacing and use a 0.089 diameter mounting hole. They also have a lug with a 0.018 diameter hole for thru-hole mounting of the decoder or other wire leads. This hole size is appropriate for 28ga to 34ga wire as used on most decoders. The contacts are made from photo-etched phosphor-bronze and are shipped flat. |
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This listing is for (1) sheet of unformed N-Scale Freight Truck Pick-Ups. The sheet includes (10) A-P4W-CC Freight Truck Pick-Ups. The A-P4W-CC has been designed to work with Con-Cor 4 wheel passenger trucks and similar models used on N-Scale passenger cars. They are designed to fit trucks with 0.710 inch max axle center spacing and use a 0.133 diameter mounting hole. They also have a lug with a 0.018 diameter hole for thru-hole mounting of the decoder or other wire leads. This hole size is appropriate for 28ga to 34ga wire as used on most decoders. The contacts are made from photo-etched phosphor-bronze and are shipped flat. |
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This listing is for (1) sheet of unformed N-Scale Freight Truck Pick-Ups. The sheet includes (12) A-P6W-MT Freight Truck Pick-Ups. The A-P6W-MT has been designed to work with Micro-Trains 1017 4-wheel and 1018 6-wheel passenger trucks and similar models used on N-Scale passenger cars. They are designed to fit trucks with 0.910 inch max axle center spacing and use a 0.138 diameter mounting hole. They also have a lug with a 0.018 diameter hole for thru-hole mounting of the decoder or other wire leads. This hole size is appropriate for 28ga to 34ga wire as used on most decoders. The contacts are made from photo-etched phosphor-bronze and are shipped flat. |
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This listing is for (1) sheet of unformed N-Scale Freight Truck Pick-Ups. The sheet includes (12) A-P4W-RIV Freight Truck Pick-Ups. The A-P4W-RIV has been designed to work with Rivarossi 4 and 6 wheel passenger trucks and similar models used on N-Scale passenger cars. They are designed to fit trucks with 0.900 inch max axle center spacing and use a 0.089 diameter mounting hole. They also have a lug with a 0.018 diameter hole for thru-hole mounting of the decoder or other wire leads. This hole size is appropriate for 28ga to 34ga wire as used on most decoders. The contacts are made from photo-etched phosphor-bronze and are shipped flat. |
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This listing is for (1) one sheet of the KATO PU CONN. These are basically the same as the contact strips that come in the Kato Light Kits for N scale passenger cars that slide between the floor and pickup strip to make car lighting easy and easily removable. This run (Feb. 2015) features a few improvements including... More parts! Enough for 10 cars, typical of most kato sets. The sheet includes (20) SBS4DCC N Scale Kato Pickup Contact Connector Strip. The SBS4DCC N Scale Kato Pickup Connector Strip has been designed to work with Kato N Scale passenger cars and models the have contact rails built into the car floor. The contacts are made from photo-etched 0.1mm Phosphor Bronze and are shipped flat. |
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