That’s weird…this thread came out of nowhere. Twice!
And it’s all double posts?
I wonder if the other one of these is double posts, too?
Rotor
Yep…it is.
insert “Twilight Zone” theme here.
Rotor
That’s a first!![(-D]WEIRD! Maybe we got Gremlins as well as Trolls?[:-^]
Double threads, double posts…all we need now are the Double-Mint Twins!
Rotor
I have a 4-6-2 Pacific, I think it is a wonderful locomotive. I was concerned about pulling power before purchasing due to all I had read about them. I think it pulls just fine. Excellent slow speed operation, nice details.
You will need to check each steam engine yourself. Some do, some do not come with flywheels.
http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/products/index.php?page=0&act=viewCat&catId=78
To clarify, this thread didn’t “come from out of nowhere.” Dale8chevyss found the thread (presumably by searching), and posted a new reply, which brought it back to the top of the heap. The duplicate post issue was from 2003, not a recent problem.
We’re looking into the other issues.
Bergie
I just finished lettering my “low boiler” Spectrum 4-6-0 (not DCC). It runs fine, although I don’t have a layout that would test pulling power. This locomotive does have the “blue” headlight, which looks odd. Mine came with the more modern steel cab on it, and a “wood cab” in the box. The wood cab didn’t have all the holes drilled in the front that are needed for all the pipes to connect - not a big deal but I had to do some drilling to get it to work.
I’m pleased with the 2-8-0 that I have, and also with the 4-4-0. The 4-4-0 has an unusual operating characteristic… turn the power up until the headlight comes on and just wait a bit and it will start to move. If you keep cranking the control up, the start tends to be jerky. Not impossible to work with, but its almost like it has its own “momentum” factor built in.
I have two of the 2-truck Climax locomotives, and just this week sent the second one back to Bachmann as the front truck has a major gearing glitch. One previous contact with Bachmann customer service (for a 1:20.3 4-4-0) had a very prompt and positive result for me.
I’m currently lettering a 2-10-0. This one comes with a variety of detail parts to match different prototypes. My little railroad would have been testing/leasing #400 from the Charleston & Carolina Western, and so the “extra” truck frames that were in the box would have been preferable to the heavy cast style on the out-of-the-box model. This change was FAR harder than it needed to be - the small nuts inside the tender are almost impossible to access. It also seems like they used the HO version of loc-tite on those nuts/bolts. After a couple unsuccessful tries, I have elected not to make that change, rather than risk damaging the wiring and circuit board within the tender.
Overall - these are very nice locomotives with great detail at reasonable
Before someone else points it out, that was the Charleston & Western Carolina “400” class of “Russian” 2-10-0s. I’ll speak to those typing fingers about the horrors of dyslexia.
Bill
Yep I sure did search for it.