I have a number of these Bachmann 4-8-2 Mountain locomotives, the C&O ones with the flying pumps and vandy tenders,...one of my favorite designs.
They suffer from the 'derail prone' pilot truck syndrome, and I am looking for solutions,
I was looking at the drawings that came with the locos, and a question came to mind. Am I reading the drawing correctly,... that there was at one time some sort of spring-metal part to push down on that pilot truck.....part # H114X-MTB44 in this dwg?
HO Spectrum Mountain loco.jpg
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They suffer from the 'derail prone' pilot truck syndrome, and I am looking for solutions,
I was looking at the drawings that came with the locos, and a question came to mind. Am I reading the drawing correctly,... that there was at one time some sort of spring-metal part to push down on that pilot truck.....part # H114X-MTB44 in this dwg?
HO Spectrum Mountain loco.jpg
https://d28lcup14p4e72.cloudfront.net/259338/8603894/HO%20Spectrum%20Mountain%20loco.jpg
![](https://d28lcup14p4e72.cloudfront.net/259338/8603894/HO%20Spectrum%20Mountain%20loco.jpg)