05-03-2010, 09:59 AM
Sumpter250 Wrote:The thing that got me thinking was that the Athearn "mike" and the Bachmann Spectrum 2-8-0 were about the same weight, but the consolidation pulled far more
You're right, Pete. My Consolidations can still pull more than the Mikes, but I did add some weight to them, too.
I have three more of them to re-do, and hope to "pump them up" even a bit more - all will be patterned after prototype locos, two from CNR and one DW&P.
Wayne