05-03-2017, 10:27 PM
e-paw Wrote:.... With two tenders and two sets of drivers, she's a beast and a half.
Well, she'll run quite a way into an unpowered siding - maybe I should add pick-ups to the caboose, too.
Charlie B Wrote:The traction problem is probably plugged sanders.
Charlie
You might be right, Charlie...the second photo on page one of this thread shows the forward sand box filled with lead.
I did replace the original drawbar, as its front end pivoted with the rear engine, causing a lot of trouble on curves...either outright derailments of the tender and/or locomotive or causing the front end truck of the tender to lift off the rails. I had originally made a new drawbar that mounted beneath the rear of the cab, but instead went with the factory-supplied one, figuring perhaps it was designed to minimise problems. I soon found out that it performed very poorly with the closer coupling of the tender, and, after replacing it with the short rear-mounted one, tracking is much improved.
Wayne