I am going to assume that you don't already have a layout to run this one on.
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Show posts MenuQuote from: kek166@comcast.net on December 17, 2023, 05:38:23 PMI am interested in putting a track within my current 42in round 18 radius track How do you figure out how many track pieces and the radius to use
Quote from: trainman203 on December 15, 2023, 06:01:11 PMOh. Jeffrey. About diesels pulling better than steam engines. At the old club, my Bachmann consolidation would pull 18 cars up a 2% grade on about a 36 inch radius curve, no slipping. On my current home layout, my Bachmann decapods will get about 12 or 14 cars up a 2% tangent. I don't have any diesels to compare this to, but I've been pretty satisfied with their tractive effort.
Quote from: joe.snyder.77 on December 15, 2023, 04:07:32 PMHey Jeff,
Well color me embarrassed.
I took your advice and started with just the loco, tender, and caboose. All axles were in their correct places. I put a little oil, and I mean little.
The train went around the track with no slippage.
Every time I added one more car, the train would start slipping.
The set came with loco, tender, oil tanker, flatbed car, and caboose. I was pretty sure Bachmann would not have put that many in the set if the loco wasn't made to pull that many.
I got ready to oil the tanker car, checking to see if the wheels were in the trucks correctly. I popped them out to check and found hair and dirt.
Almost all the cars had some hair wrapped around.
So I took out all the wheels, cleaned all hair and residue off, re-oiled, and re-assembled.
I was able to add all the cars in the set with no issues.
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Thanks again for the help!
-j-
Quote from: Wooglin on December 11, 2023, 09:16:23 AMThanks all for your replies. @jward, yours was particularly helpful when it comes to working with Anyrail, which I just started using. I appreciate the advice on tolerance settings and I will play around with that.
Could you please elaborate on the "parallel track tool"?
Quote from: Irish Modeler on December 06, 2023, 02:56:15 PMJward, I can get a screwdriver on the screws but, just cannot get them to turn. I already have the replacement parts from Bachmann as I have had to do this in the past. I will look again at the coupler pockets but, they seem to be to far up to get them released without prying on the body. The difference about the past repair is it was done on a B unit with no motor. I may just have to use a longer screwdriver to get more torque on the screws. What do you think about this idea. Thanks for your response!
Quote from: Terry Toenges on December 06, 2023, 12:45:35 PMSo you're a pig in a poker too Jeff?