Quote from: Trainman203 on June 11, 2018, 06:29:53 PM
My problem Roger is that I keep thinking I'm funny! When I'm not 😂! How do I know I'm not? She tells me! Every night!😂😂
Well I see the funny side.
Cheers
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My problem Roger is that I keep thinking I'm funny! When I'm not 😂! How do I know I'm not? She tells me! Every night!😂😂
Quote from: Trainman203 on June 11, 2018, 06:50:10 PM
Scroll down to the 4-4-0 with the cylinders you want
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Quote from: Trainman203 on June 11, 2018, 02:40:02 PM
You need a balloon stack, a red cowcatcher and a very loud paint scheme to be " Wild West " 😂😂. And maybe a couple of arrows sticking in the wooden cab!😱😂😂
Make no mistake about it, modern engines like you want have been made into " Wild West " caricatures! Even the T&NO 745, a heavy 1921 2-8-2! But! She was paid handsomely to put that outfit on for a movie! Covered a lot of costs that year.
Quote from: Trainman203 on June 08, 2018, 10:41:04 PM
It's perfect the way it is for a shortline all the way up to now!
Quote from: Trainman203 on June 06, 2018, 06:33:13 PM
You sure it's a Russian? Boiler plumbing all cast on?
Quote from: Trainman203 on June 06, 2018, 03:55:01 PM
Roger, do whatever it takes to make the CVs I listed be the values I listed. That's what they need to be. JMRI, Schmem-IRI, whatever. Get em there and your decs will crawl like ants.
I've never heard of a Sound Value Russian decapod. Post pictures of yours please. Help clear up my curiosity as to what this really is.
Jon put up a picture of the IHC 2-10-0. In advance I have to say, only the Russian Decapod will do for me. Never cared much for those elephantine Pennsy things.
Quote from: Trainman203 on June 06, 2018, 01:30:34 PM
Ok, other 2-10-0 issues:
The pony truck wheel has too much side to side play, an attempt to get the engine around sharp radius. The result is that it goes down the track with one side ahead of the other, at an angle that picks at every rail joint / switch point and constantly derails. Solution: a spacer on either side of the frame on the axle to encourage straighter tracking.
The motor control default settings are grossly mis-set. Try cv 209 - 255 , 210-0 or 1, cv 212 between 175 and 255. Then adjust the chuff cv 116 to be correct for 4 chuffs/ driver turn around 150 at speed step 10 out of 128 or 4 out of 28.
Do that stuff and the crosshead guide adjustment and you ought to have a great engine.
Quote from: rogertra on June 05, 2018, 07:53:09 PMQuote from: Trainman203 on June 04, 2018, 10:58:05 PM
I have 5. Two are sidelined for different drive train reasons , but three are top grade. The biggest issue was splaying out the crosshead guides so the crossheads won't snag on the rods, and getting the motor control cv's set right. They are in daily service pulling 10-12 car trains.
I'll check out the crossheads and see what happens. Thanks
Roger T.
Quote from: Trainman203 on June 04, 2018, 10:58:05 PM
I have 5. Two are sidelined for different drive train reasons , but three are top grade. The biggest issue was splaying out the crosshead guides so the crossheads won't snag on the rods, and getting the motor control cv's set right. They are in daily service pulling 10-12 car trains.