belive it or not... bachmann trains are tanks! (train fell 5 feet...)

[jettrainfan]

Mr. Bachmann, thank you for making great engines. Today at the CV&WS, my B&O FT-A, chessie gp9 and B&O gp30 were pulling the club passenger cars, when suddenly, at the cliff, the track tilted and the last 2 engines hit there side... Mr. FT-A.... met Mrs. Ground. Surprisingly, the truck popped out and I damaged some of the cliff (3 little chips) the back coupler broke off, but the engine looked normal! A good laugh, scared the scenery crew, they were 2 feet away! The FT-A is going to the shops, the track, finally going to be repaired. The 2 engines are going to the bar to try and forget the incident and the track is being maintained. Turns out the deadly curve has a dark history... but I'm the first to have an engine kiss the ground.

Now I'm going to get a pop because I'm still suffering from shock.

[BestSnowman]

I had a similar event happen with an FT. When I repaired mine I had to spend a bunch of fiddling with the trucks to get it to handle all my switches so I'd recommend doing a bunch of test running before you put the shell back on.

That reminds me I still need to do some repairs on mine as it's still suffering from electrical problems unrelated to the fall.