dmikee,
The counterweights, as mounted on your K-27 each have a small plastic "filler" inserted in each counterweight.  That "filler" has a small hole so that a Phillips head screw driver can be inserted to remove the screw that secures the counterweight.

With the six replacements you received what you are looking at is the counterweights without those plastic fillers inserted.  There should be six new "filler" caps packed with the replacement counterweights.  Once the counterweights are replaced, then these fillers are pushed into the counterweight.

http://www.grblogs.com/index.php/2008/03/07/k-27-counterweight-replacement?blog=4

This is a link to a detailed article on counterweight replacement.  It has pictures of the procedure along with the tools listed, just two, required to replace the counterweights.

http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/gallery.php?set_albumName=album49&include=view_album.php

The Bach Man, early on posted the procedure to replace the counterweights. Above is the link.

Total time to replace six counterweights may be all of twenty or so minutes.



   (This posting by one of the "Enthusiastic Children")

JD

coconarrow,

Try this.  Testors All Purpose Spray Enamel Transparent Green.  Product number 1256. 

This transparent green will change the pink to a nice green that transmits light.  When painted with this product the clerestory windows will not have a paint buildup and look like they were factory molded using a green plastic.

I have over 20 J&S coaches with their clerestory windows painted using this product. 

    (Just one of the "Enthusiastic Children")

JD

Item number 93127 is the Ely-Thomas Logging Caboose.

Item number 93120 is the ET&WNC Bobber Caboose.

These are the product numbers as listed in Bachmann catalog.


(This information provided by one of the "Enthusiastic Children.")

JD

I'm not the Bach Man but I'll give it a shot in answering your questions.

The 4-4-0 American is not DCC equipped.  It is DCC ready.  The documentation provided with the engine has a page that addresses DCC conversion.

Main circuit board is in the locomotive.

No sound.  Provisions for sound are in the tender.  Adding sound, such as Phoenix, is easy. 

JD

Here's a picture of two K-27s taken last Tuesday while operating on the PT&GB RR in Richmond.



As long as you have a site to host your pictures posting here at the Bachmann site is rather easy.

JD

srrailroader,
I have at least one example of each locomotive you mention. These locomotives have been in service since within a week or so of their introduction.  All have been converted to battery/RC using trailing cars.

In no case have I found the wiring, as installed by the factory, to be insufficient to handle current loads.  The Climax and each version of the Shay to include the three truck have/are run extensively.  Other members of our club that run battery/RC have not found it necessary to rewire any of these locomotives.

I have however hard wired the motors to the chassis eliminating the slip ring and plungers on all of these locomotives.  The spring loaded plungers will have a tendency to loose contact with the slip ring.  In the case of the Climax the weak link is the springs that transmit power and hold/push the plungers against the split ring. Other than hard wiring to eliminate the plunger contacts I'd not rewire.

JD

As Charlie states it's a URY Baldwin.

For those that have access, both #20 and #21 are pictured on pages 50 and 51 of Henry E. Bender, Jr's book Uintah Railway The Gilsonite Route.  There are additional photos of these little engines at work throughout the book.

A Bachmann model of these little 0-6-2T locomotives would be a good addition to many narrow gauge rosters.

JD

Bill,
It is probably an electrical contact problem.

I've sent you a private message through Large Scale on Line.  Contact me using the e-mail address provided and we'll get your situation solved.

JD

Item #83097 and #83098 have road pilots. Item #83097 has the green boiler, engine number 455,  and lettered for Denver & Rio Grande Western.  Item # 83098 is same locomotive, painted unlettered.



Not sure what variation(s) may have the switcher pilot.

JD

grumpy,
You make reference to a Roger 2-4-2 locomotive. By chance are you talking about and Aristo-Craft Rogers, the proper name for that particular locomotive.

If so, then Aristo-Craft sells packages of coil springs that work in their trucks and are also used for the Rogers.  If you don't have access to these springs then the spring used in their hook and loop coupler will also work as a suspension spring for trucks and the Rogers pilot truck journal boxes.

You tracking situation goes beyond the journal box springs.  The pilot truck pivot screw must be slightly loose  so that the truck can move up and down and rock side to side.  The journal box springs are not totally intended to take care of uneven track.  Adjust the pilot truck pivot screw so that the pilot truck can move up and down.

If, what you have is the 2-4-2 Bachmann Columbia or the Lynn then the truck pivot screw should be loosened slightly to allow the truck the move up and down and rock slightly.

Should the locomotive be one of the Aristo Rogers locomotives you might want to ask your question on the Aristo-Craft site.  That's probably the best place to obtain answers relating to their products.

JD

Ken,
You might want to think twice about using Lincoln logs for bridge construction.

Depending on your local weather and soil conditions Lincoln logs do not stand up to wet weather and bugs. I live in SE, Virginia where it is humid, wet some of the time, and has about every type bug know to man.

Years ago I used both Lincoln and American logs to build small bridges for the layout.  At best either type of these logs lasted less than three years.  Both type logs rotted and the bugs just loved them.  I had even soaked the logs in a wood preservative used when wood comes in contact with wet soil and/or could be attacked by bugs.

Put a lot of time and effort into building these little bridges only to see them crumble in such a short time.

Sorry, the pictures I have were taken in the pre digital camera days and I have no way of publishing these pictures without taking them to be converted to digital images.

If you live in an area where moisture and bugs are the norm then you may want to build using wood that will stand up to your local weather conditions.

JD

From experience with the 2-4-2T Lynn I would agree with Tac.

The Coal Creek will have the same mechanical problems.  It's not that the gears "turned to dust" it was more the plastic used for the case.  Motors would overheat in record time.  That in turn caused the plastic to deform allowing the worm gears to go out of contact with the drive gear.  Result was concaved drive gears.  I have one of the motor blocks removed from a 2-4-2T. The gears are concaved but still in one piece.

If you could get the Coal Creek for just about zero dollars, it does have some nice appliances that could be salvaged for use on another locomotive. 

I'd take a pass on this "beauty" since there are so many reliable, small locomotives available.  Example, take a look at the Bachmann 1:20.3 Saddle Tank Porter.  It's a good runner and will pull way more than its prototype.

JD

Tac is correct.  There was no wiring diagram supplied with the Industrial Mogul.  Bachmann did not supply much of anything extra with this locomotive.

The electronics/wiring is very basic so any modifications should not be too difficult.  You are on your own on this little Mogul.  That is unless someone went to the trouble to draw up their own diagram.

JD

Does all of this really make a difference?

They'll arrive when they get here.

Also, notice in their ad they have the K-27 snow plow, dog house, road pilot, and yard pilot.

None of this "new" stuff will be available for sometime. 

I have a standing order with my dealer for any new 1:20.3 offerings. I don't get too excited about when the items may arrive. I'll run what is on the roster and will be surprised when the new "stuff" get here.

If Bachmann gave a date certain for any new item or delivery what difference would that make?  Waste of time on Bachmann's part.

But what the heck, it does give some folks something to post about here and on other fora.  Great entertainment for some.

JD

JD

Quote from: az2rail on May 15, 2008, 09:07:16 PM
To confuse the issue a little further, I was watching the DVD for the Heisler, and they use the Oregon Lumber version #102. In the movie it has air tanks, but the catalog shows it without.

Bruce

Don't rely on the model used for the DVDs. These are usually preproduction units.  Some detail may not be the same as the model when produced for distribution.

A more recent case in point.  The DVD supplied with the three truck Shay shows the tender truck pivots under the tank.  As delivered the tender truck does not pivot.  Bachmann made a change to the tender truck mounting after the DVD was made, but before the units were produced for delivery.

JD