Mike C,
WOW, great link! Will study and see if i can get this little baby to work as cool as it looks.
Thanks
NC Chris

BFS update on the 4-4-0 old timer
The good, bad and ugly.
Well folks, the Bull Frog Snot application went well after some trial and my error. My suggestion is to anyone using it, please follow the instructions! Use a small amount and make sure the wheels are turning away from your tooth pick applicator. Too much on the pick and the BFS gets everywhere (ugly).
My traction issues unfortunately have not diminished.
I can pull just one car. Two cars and all we can do is spin the drivers. Rats! Back to the drawing board. Sure like the look of this little loco. Might try the extra weight on the cab...
Thanks for listening
NC Chris

Will be attempting the Bull Frog Snot over the traction tires.

Anyone have experience with sending in a warranty to BMann after the snot has been applied?
Just getting some feed back to see if the effort to send it is worth it if I can't get the tender truck/wheel to spin free.

Thanks folks
NC Chris

I have a web site for you

http://www.cke1st.com/m_train2.htm

Lots of track plans in small spaces, even some 2x3's

Hi Bob,
Bullfrog Snot is a new one on me.
Is this a trade name or a nick name for something like E-6000 cement?
I would assume application with a toothpick or something equally small.

Hi James,
Thanks for the tip on checking the the free wheeling. Turns out one of the wheels on the tender (electrical pickup no less) is jammed or frozen and I now have a small flat spot where the wheel ground down on the rails! Once I get it free, will do more checking.

NC Chris

(Nevada City, CA is home of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum! The members there get to run a 12" to the foot train ;-) )

DD, one of the old time box cars from the set is "OK". Add The second car, everything slow and slips s on the curves.
So...Les. I will give everything a good wipe with Alcohol and see what happens. When I ordered this off EBay I was hoping to get one of the later release units that Spookshow.net gave a "B". Turned out to be older than I wished. It definitely runs better after some "break-in" running.
I was thinking of trying to add some chunks of thick solder under the body...

Howdy Folks,
I acquired an "Old Timer" 4-4-0 Bachmann N scale train set. Still has rapido couplers to give you an idea of age. The loco (Jupiter paint job) runs fine after some Very light lubing and some extended 15 min. run time on a test oval. The issue is the lack of pulling power. Any rolling stock added to the train and the drivers just spin the wheels. Not sure if the motor in the tender gets the weight off the drive wheels or maybe the front "4" wheels take off drive weight by supporting too much loco weight. Rubber traction rings are in place and seem to be viable. Any ideas?

Skip, in your picture post, it looks like the B-Mann running your locomotive! Heh heh

Hi folks,
I received the 44 ton and compared it to the 70 tonner. The wheel base is nearly identical.
The locos run fine on the old school DC. The light even switches with the direction change!
Cool! Unfortunately the 8 wheel drive does not articulate a huge amount.
So, Pretty sure we have track issues. Don't really have a way to check the actual radii but it looks like I am dealling with some 5.5 to 6" radii.
Will see if I can reset the rails.
Thanks for the support guys.

Thanks for your help Skip
Well, the 44T does the same thing as the 70T.
There are two super tight turns and thats where they lose a wheel.
I will try to reset the offending radii to keep everything on track.
My short hopper cars have plenty of rotation of the trucks so they stay on the track.
Other wise I love those switchers. They are very smooth, quiet and just plain cool. The Bachmann standard DC controller runs those babies with no extra input from me. Sweet.
Will attempt to post a photo of this layout so you can possibly check out what appeared to me as a commercially pre built layout.

Hi Skipgear,
Nice looking layout!
Looking at the photo closely, the loco's seem to be Steam. I am not able to zoom in effectively on the photo so I am guessing the Steam Loco is something like an 0-6-0?
Is that the 44 ton you are talking about?
I looked at the 44 ton switcher in the Bachmann catalog (Spectrum section, SKU 81853) and it is a diesel switcher, center cabin. Is that the 44T you used on your layout?
Sorry for the nagging. I just want to get on the same page and have a great little demo layout. As soon as I figure out the photo upload thing I will post my tiny layout.

Thanks for your time.
Chris

Will get a 44 ton on order and see if those tight curves can be tamed. The 70 Ton GE seems to be fairly limited on the side to side swivel of the 8 wheels drive.
I think that's what is causing the derailments.
That and the guy who built this layout bent the flex track into a pretzel. (grin)

I have one box car in my rolling stock that has EZ Mate/ MicroTrains knuckle style coupler on on end and the rapido on the other. It lets me mix and match. Probably doesn't help much but it's my 2 centavos.

Well I got my GE 70 ton switcher. (Louisville and Nashville paint).
Two things,
1) the Bachmann DCC system is terrific. It is backward compatible to my old DC. Just but it on the track and it was running great in like 10 seconds.
2) I guess my suitcase sized layout has sharper turns than 7" because this good looking switcher derailed on the tightest curves. Will continue my search for a really tight radius loco.
Thanks for making good stuff Bachmann!

Hi folks,
I have a really tight N gauge DC (old school DC power) layout I picked up at a thrift store. It is really fun. However, even though My EMD GP40 locomotive does "ok" on the micro-layout, it struggles with the 9-7"!  flex track turns on the inside route. I am thinking of the Bachmann GE70 ton switcher with DCC dual because it specs out OK for 7 inch curves.
Pretty sure the 70 ton model #82056 will work on my DC power because of the dual mode. Are the specs correct with the 7 inch radio us curves? It's the only loco I have seen with that recommended 7 in min radius. Just want to see if its correct.