Quote from: SteamGene on November 06, 2007, 11:43:55 AM
What do retired people do?
Gene

Thats easy Gene
You sit out in the front yard with a beer in your hand and a train running in a circle around you!.... with a sign saying I EARNED THIS!!

NOVEMBER 16TH IS TAKE A TRAIN TO WORK DAY!

Or call Bridget at Bachmann service and I'll bet they'll mail you one.

No difference in the breaking in itself what i was referring to is the difference in in the lubing before hand,Relubing the gearbox which you've done is the 1st step. On steam locomotives there are multiple points that need lubing.
gearbox's should be lubed with Labelle's no.106 plastic compatible grease
Motor bearing's ,  side rods main rod's & crosshead's  and axle bearing's  should have a very small drop of Labelles no.108 light oil applied .
and don't forget the axles on lead and trailing truck along with tender wheel bearing's
Once this is done run the locomotive at 1/4 speed for 30 mins in each direction' raising it gradully to no more than half speed ,for the same amount of time .
This should do for breaking in a Bachmann steamer,one thing' a few of the newer Bachmann's i noticed the motor's are really buried in the superstucture making access quite difficult, its possible the motor bearings on these may have sealed bearing that don't require oiling , Jump in here on this if you wish Bachmann!!

Heres hoping you enjoy your new steamer and keep in mind that Bachmann service if needed is 2nd to none.

You don't say what type of locomotive' is it a steam locomotive or a deeeesiel

A sad end for a old warhorse...eh'

I believe all the Spectrum 4-6-0s are DCC ready.
All that should needed is to get a decoder with a NMRA plug and remove the jumper from the onboard circuit in the tender and plug it in.

Verrry Nice paint job !!

Really think these pictures deserve another go around.....nice shots Woundedbear

Same here...no problem registering....

Yep' constanting unplugging the loco and tender is going to cause problems.
If you have to transport your engine or cannot just leave it on your layout Iv'e found the Best solution is to find a box long enough that fits both connected and leave them that way.
In my wandering's around work i found discarded microphone box's about 12'' long that were ideal.
I'm sure there are others out there that would work as well.

Don't believe there was such a animal as a 4-10-4...there was several roads that ran 4-10-2s.
Even so i think they are only available on the brass market.

True enough, It would be nice,the good thing is that there are a number of sites where these are already present.

Quote from: tlnibert on August 03, 2007, 04:46:48 PM
I haven't ran trains for 3 or more years.  I'm rebuilding my layout and should have it running soon. I dread cleaning all that brass.
tom

Batteries gentleman...Batteries!! the G scalers in our club have'nt cleaned their outdoor track (aluminum rail) in 2 years other than to sweep off the leave's and debris !
and chase off the occational rattlesnake

Sure a shame theres not a way to post pictures on this site,sure would be helpful.