Busch do a little set of parts depicting archaeologists uncovering a bog-body (part #6) - http://www.busch-model.com/online/produktinfos/docs/anl1251.pdf .
It's a perfectly simple self-assembly replacement procedure - it's then just a matter of waiting for the materials to cure - sometimes takes months, I understand.
One of the features of Irish railways that can be very attractive for a personal layout is that many locations hardly altered over several decades. Merely by changing any road vehicles and, maybe, the odd footbridge etc, you can justifiably run steam trains or a 22000 on the same layout.
Excellent - I wouldn't be too surprised of the pads do rotate somewhat, even without the belt - the centres seem slightly offset from the line of the rail and that should have some turning effect imparted to them as the wagon moves. Might be worth putting a mark on the edge and seeing what happens.
Information is power. I keep a small, widely scattered network - and ensure that none of the operatives ever meet each other - it's a basic KGB/CIA-style system.
Good work, you got the same result as me. I asked my Dutch agent and he got a bit further..
..but. he says that the belts are out of stock..
Explosionszeichnung = exploded view.
That's what it looked like to me, but that seems a bit odd - we need an 'insider' to probe the system...
I have sent a message to our agent in Germany....
Ah, they are different - mine is the older one with the 'fixed' swivelling couplers - the new ones, which have NEMS sockets, are around €40, aparently.
In my town here, there are sixteen charity shops - it's a full-time job going round 'em all....