I remember back in the 70s, seeing this for sale in "Model Railroader" and seeing designs of the Virginian 100 ton "Bath-Tub" gondolas used for Coal Freight...a train of 40-50 BTGs behind a chuffing 2-10-10-2 would be quite a sight!
Great model! Just be aware if this model was built by Daiyoung from Korea. They made the drivers main gear of machined PCB material instead nylon or derlin. It is fragile and they loose teeth faster if you use the wrong oil. Basically, the ones that are not compatible with plastic. I usually use Labelle grease.
I do as well, appreciate the info! I have the lite and medium oil and the grease from them. Going through all my engines and making notes on what needs help and what is good
I remember back in the 70s, seeing this for sale in "Model Railroader" and seeing designs of the Virginian 100 ton "Bath-Tub" gondolas used for Coal Freight...a train of 40-50 BTGs behind a chuffing 2-10-10-2 would be quite a sight!
That it would be!
Great model! Just be aware if this model was built by Daiyoung from Korea. They made the drivers main gear of machined PCB material instead nylon or derlin. It is fragile and they loose teeth faster if you use the wrong oil. Basically, the ones that are not compatible with plastic. I usually use Labelle grease.
I do as well, appreciate the info!
I have the lite and medium oil and the grease from them. Going through all my engines and making notes on what needs help and what is good
Never got to see it run? WTH?
Lol
That locomotive is definitely Big Chungas!
Yeah it is! Need to get it back out and run for a bit. Been a minute
WHAT A BEAST
Looks fine I just wonder why in real life they didn't give it a bigger Tender ? Seems to me like in real life it must have made a lot of stops
If it had a longer tender it wouldn’t fit on existing turntables.
Cool. Like to see it run.
Theres a few other videos of it running
great looking engine, is this bigger then the big boy?
To a certain extent, yes. The real engine was compound and the big boy is a simple articulated. The VGN could pull more but at a slower speed
Just need to get a dozen of coal cars for it
Usually I run the club hoppers with it but yeah, getting some virginian cars would be nice
NEVER GiVE UP