Talgo trucks Often on toy trains, couplers attached on the trucks. Allows for tighter curves, but prone to derailments when backed up.
Tender Carries fuel and water for steam engines.
Throat Point in a yard where all the tracks converge or diverge.
Talgo Truck - A model railroad truck frame with an attached coupler. Although Talgo trucks will permit railway models to negotiate tighter radius curves, they are more prone to derailments when trains are pushed, rather than pulled.
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It's a freight or passenger car truck with the coupler mounted on the truck frame instead of on the carbody itself. Truck-mounted couplers are common on train set rolling stock. Advanced modelers often modify or replace talgo trucks in favor of ...
 See also: Iron, Points, Solder, Cyanoacrylate, Traction
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