Good looking engine. I run n scale and only have one Bachman steam engine that I won. It runs pretty good but I have heard so many people complain about them that I would not buy one. Thanks for sharing. Dave
I don't like Bachmann and never will. I'm 73 and have been a model railroader since the mid 1980's. I've scraped more Bachmann engines than I care to remember. Split frames and split gears are a trademark of Bachmann. Cheers from eastern TN
When in doubt, take odorless mineral spirits and lots of Q- Tips and thoroughly cean all wheels on any used engine which you acquire before you start complaining about performance. Might also want to implenent a serious monthly cleaning program for all your track. Just don't use Isopropyl alcohol or the"everbrite" claning pads.
All of the engine wheels were in fact cleaned thoroughly several times before finally filming a video with the thing, and with many different wheel cleaning methods tested. The rails hadn’t been thoroughly cleaned the times I took the thing to the club, but this engine stalled constantly in areas that my dcc tyco 0-4-0 (which has no form of keep alive) had minimal struggles with. I highly doubt it was the engine wheels since I cleaned all of them each time I ran the thing and tried different methods of cleaning them, and I highly doubt it was the track since engines with smaller wheelbases encountered less issues than this thing. I’ve encountered dirty wheels and dirty trackwork before, neither of those are any significant factor with this particular engine’s performance.
Good looking engine. I run n scale and only have one Bachman steam engine that I won. It runs pretty good but I have heard so many people complain about them that I would not buy one. Thanks for sharing. Dave
I don't like Bachmann and never will. I'm 73 and have been a model railroader since the mid 1980's. I've scraped more Bachmann engines than I care to remember. Split frames and split gears are a trademark of Bachmann. Cheers from eastern TN
Luckily we’re out of the split chassis era now, but I still generally find issues to some degree with a lot of them
When in doubt, take odorless mineral spirits and lots of Q- Tips and thoroughly cean all wheels on any used engine which you acquire before you start complaining about performance. Might also want to implenent a serious monthly cleaning program for all your track. Just don't use Isopropyl alcohol or the"everbrite" claning pads.
All of the engine wheels were in fact cleaned thoroughly several times before finally filming a video with the thing, and with many different wheel cleaning methods tested. The rails hadn’t been thoroughly cleaned the times I took the thing to the club, but this engine stalled constantly in areas that my dcc tyco 0-4-0 (which has no form of keep alive) had minimal struggles with. I highly doubt it was the engine wheels since I cleaned all of them each time I ran the thing and tried different methods of cleaning them, and I highly doubt it was the track since engines with smaller wheelbases encountered less issues than this thing. I’ve encountered dirty wheels and dirty trackwork before, neither of those are any significant factor with this particular engine’s performance.