2-12-4 drive wheels

[53Carrick]

At a swap meet this past weekend I purchased a Bachmann 2-12-4. It tested okay on the straight test track, but when I ran it on my home layout the rear 2 drive wheels fell out of the axle shaft.  I was unable to press them in tight enough to make them stay.  When I checked Bachmann parts, they (of course) don't sell the 2-12-4 anymore.  The iso diagram that is linked is for a 2-10-4.  Will the wheel sets shown in the 2-10-4 diagram replace those on the 2-12-4 I have?

[the Bach-man]

Dear 53,
I can't remember a 2-12-4 by Bachmann.
Is it a Chinese loco?
Thanks!
the Bach-man

[ACY]

1st Bachmann never made a 2-12-4
2nd No 2-12-4's were ever made for the North American market
The only real life 2-12-4's were ordered by the Bulgarian State Railroad as seen in the photo below. Only 20 were made.

Photo by Ivo Radoev

Union Pacific however made 4-12-2's and they were made in HO


If you meant 2-12-2, only 2 were made (in 1941) for standard gauge in real life and were operated in Austria by the Deutsche Reichsbahn.

The only locomotives Bachmann made that I know of close to a 2-12-4 is the 2-10-4 and the 2-10-2. Are you sure you don't mean a 2-10-4 or 2-10-2? ...because it definitely was not a 2-12-4

[53Carrick]

Yeah, wow, I apologize.  Obviously it's a 2-10-4.  I never did well with the new math..... 

And being a 2-10-4, my question has been answered, assuming Bachmann still sells the wheel sets.

Thanks gentlemen,  I will proofread henceforth!

Bill

[53Carrick]

And of course they are sold out.  Does that mean like "gone forever"?

[53Carrick]

And I don't suppose a Decapod wheel set would be a drop-in replacement, huh?

[Trainman203]

You like a lot of wheels?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-14-4

[53Carrick]

Now THAT's a lot of wheels!  Excellent find.