It’s too bad that those old Bachmann locos are so prone to failing… They look fantastic, especially for their age, and when they work, they are very solid runners! Great to see another A4 on the channel, that’s one of my favourite locomotive designs out there!!
Harrison, your videos have helped me bring several of my old locos back to life. Has for the gear issues. My sister inlaws father is a gun Smith. Presented the gear issue to him. He is making brass gear set for me to see if we can have a runner.lol
Brass gears won’t work on a chassis setup like this, this system basically uses a live chassis to transfer electrical current from the wheels to the motor and because brass is a conductive material if axles and gears made from it were fitted to a setup like this as soon as the locomotive is placed onto the track and power is applied it will just cause a short circuit.
Super. I love seeing the variety of "foreign" and Canadian locomotives and rolling stock big companies produce that aren't normally on display at my local hobby shop. The A4 is a legend that would make the manager of my railroad (Me) save it, and any other railroad items, from becoming trash, and then come up with some excuses for the stockholders (Me) and the locomotive repair crew (Me) and the locomotive engineer and train crew (Me) to justify operating that locomotive on a strictly D&RGW/CB&Q/C&S themed model railroad without a few smirks appearing on some of my friends and other peoples faces. P.S. American locomotives are larger than their foreign cousins, and it really makes some locomotives stand out when they are mu'ed together. At least I have an excuse for my Flying Scotsman steam locomotive to operate on my railroad. (An American tour of the locomotive, which I heard didn't go so well for its owner.) SMT, keep doing what you do, so that some of our model heritage survives for a future generation. Hello again from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.
I’m glad you were to save this A4 from being thrown away! No locomotive deserves to be thrown in the trash, and it’s no surprise that you were able to fix it! It’s a shame that people would think about tossing locomotives due to a simple issue. This is such a beautiful locomotive. Bachman may not be the most reliable, but, there is always another solution than the trash can. Amazing job once again, Harrison! :) - Storm
great job, that fix seemed a lot easier than normal. The gears were cracked but the flanges of the wheels actually created a mechanism to hold them together. And it's great to see you using a more reasonable sized soldering iron to solder tiny wires 🤣
Great job repairing that A4 Pacific. It's a shame that these models would get thrown out due to a design flaw but glad that you were able to get it back up and marked up for service!
The combo worm gear and fly wheel plus motor with realistic speed is a tried and true modification that, prior to the advent of DCC, was what many model locomotive back shops did to upgrade the performance of practically any older steam locomotive. The ALCO (later Alliance) company Helix Humper, was entirely based on this notion. To this day, a Helix Humper upgrade kit is highly sought after as they haven't been made for about 20 years. It is actually a great thing that Bachmann incorporated this concept into their production steamers. Now about those axles...
What I like about the passenger cars is that some of the lamps are burnt out but that makes it more realistic like some passengers turned them off to sleep or something like that. That train runs so well! Time will tell how long that fix will be though.
Another nice job of repairing this Bachmann locomotive. Again the use of cheap plastic is the culprit. Harrison, I unfortunately own a couple of 1970s and 80s Bachmann locomotives. I have been fortunate that they still seem to run well. I do keep them clean and lubricated. But, for me my best locomotives are Athern, for the money.
It's a runner!👍The Hornby A4 is really British backward when servicing. Power from the loco. Tender drive&power transfers thru a spring-loaded copper coupling. Art when it's working.
Ah well, it depends on the era of the model- in the 1980's and 1990's, Hornby were really big on having their engines be Tender-Driven, for whatever reason.
Serenity, we have a runner! You stated the very reason I don't buy Bachmann. All my old Bachmann engines went to the scrap. Never again will I buy a Bachmann. I see this Bachmann has the old split chassis. I see you're using your new soldering iron. Cheers from eastern TN
Nice job on the repair, I hope the glue holds up. I tried the brass tube trick on a Bachmann Amtrak engine. It kind of worked. Love the passenger cars too.
i own the Hornby version of this, called the Silver King. got it in a box of old british stock. I paid 25 bucks for the whole box, hell of a deal. i didn’t even know that it was under the whole thing, as the box was pretty big. So i took it to a train show and a guy who specializes in european stuff said it could be from the early 60s. i put it in a display case, and im quite Proud of my purchase. the thing is, the motor is kinda black so it could be burnt. it gets very hot after short periods of run time. its very nice, as its all diecast. it was as heavy as my crappy lionel 8300 that was o gauge. it has all its metal cars and matching tender too. i can not fix it, as i don’t mess with foreign stuff. i can’t use it on normal track either because it’s 3 rail oo gauge, and it also takes ac power. it’s a good shelf queen though.👍
The A4 is my favourite locomotive. I have 6, including 2 Bachman’s that are the same design as the one you are working on (being silver fox and golden eagle), and the gold plated mallard Hornby put out a few years ago
If you go to your local RC hobby shop, you can purchase some THIN CA glue. You ca apply it with a piece of wire. Toothpicks will absorb the glue! They also sell a catalyst or accelerator for the glue or you can just wait it out. use the heat shrink to hold it together while it dries. Great hack!
Here's something you may be interested in, a real life "mansion" (Millennium Tower high rise) that's sinking in the sand of San Francisco. And, appropriate to a train channel, the engineer reporting is named CaseyJones!
Wonderful. And a great coincidence, I was working on the sibling 'Golden Plover' of this one. And see where I went wrong as it had a sticking part within the motion. So I can see where I went wrong and which direction to go right.
Since watching your video again, I learnt a few things including what that wire over the rear pony truck is for. And how to correctly get the case off. As I feel like that is the issue area.
Good job on the repair. I wish it was that simple on my bachmann prairie I had. Eh it's all good though because I would get another but not the split chassis version. At least this has a can motor vs that ring drive
I have seven of these older Mainline/Bachmann models and two of them had failed axles. It’s a pain to fix especially if it’s the old round axles. But once it’s fixed, they run nicely and have loads of power. These are relatively simple models and not a lot can go wrong besides the axles.
@@MVF_2024- I'm European and as such, American stuff with this design is a rare sight here. Though I have an old Bachmann 4-4-0 and DDA40X Centennial with this design (both failed and I had to glue them back together)
My favorite 2 Gresley a4 Pacifics is Mallard and Bittern. Those are thier names. Mallard is known for going 126mph. I forget what year, but it is true. It is a shame Mallard can not run again. Oh I forgot about the Dwight D. Eisenhower. That ones famous.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I have found a solution to the problem of these Bachmann locomotives. I have repaired a few of these by ordering the axle centers from North West Short Line. They have all sorts of repair parts machined from aged Delrin. I totally recommend them.
@@SMTMainline Have not worked on those yet so I'll keep that in mind, thanks. I stay away from Bachmann as much as possible. It's a lifelong mission statement.
Couple of years back I thought I would try some UK locos. I bought several used Bachmanns. Turned out to be a nightmare. They all had this problem. After trying several things to fix them I threw them all in a box and bought some Hornbys and Dapols.
Note on the quartering of the wheels, the A4s had three cylinders which required the wheels to be quartered at 120 degrees instead of 90 degrees for two cylindered locomotives. I don’t know if this is true for these older tooled locomotives. Maybe about three thirty or right in between the three and the four on the clock face.
Awesome point. I went to see if my three cylinder steam loco was at 90° or 120° and it was at 90°, which I understand, but it is an old model. A good point to nitpick with a model locomotive company, being are they quartered like the real thing? I'm not sure if it would work at 120°, but it is closer to 90° than 180°, so maybe. So now I am on the hunt for other, newer models and real locomotives to see if anybody does this. Also watch out, as some Pennsylvania and other railroads locomotives were quartered one way, and others were quartered the opposite way. 💙 T.E.N.
I find it interesting you opinion of Bachman, I have a collection of Bachman steam from the 70’s 80’s and 90’s and only 2 of the newer ones have failed and that’s due the grease drying into a glue and that was on the newer wd versions they was classed as top end over hornby and lima
I guess you got the lucky ones. The first generation ones were even worse than this one, if you look for them on eBay you'll find countless locomotives with messed up drivers due to this problem.
so is it going to be OOHarrison from hereon ? you can also obtain new axles from shapeways for bachmann split chassis junk. did so for the bachmann plus 2-8-0 and the doodlebug - both seem to work pretty good with the new gears and centres.
Hey smt! I am from Dutch, and I have HO-Scale set, but later I kind of abandoned it, But since I am watching you, You took me back to the trains! I love your trains!! I have marklin trains and 1 weird southern pacific? Maybe you can know what type that is. Thank you!!
“Gres-lee” not “Greez-lee”. Sorry, pedant here! Lovely job fixing it up. The original tooling came from Trix, for which bachmann put a new chassis underneath.
Your friend knew you'd get it running Harrison, and so did the rest of us. Don't know why but for some reason when you put the cars on it and it started running I started thinking about one of the old black and white Sherlock Holmes movies that they did on the train, can almost picture Holmes and Watson sitting at one of the tables. Speaking of British items have you seen the screensaver I emailed you yet?
I could google it but I'd rather ask you what is 'quartering' snd you went a little fast on the 12/3 o'clock formula for the wheels--more on that would be a nice bit of info. Thank you
The drivers (rods on the sides of the locomotive) need to be exactly a quarter turn apart. An easy way to set them is place all screw holes at their highest point 12:00, on the other side set them to 3:00. If the drivers are more or less than 90 degrees it will cause binding.
Be careful which way you quarter the wheels, as some Pennsylvania and other railroads locomotives were quartered one way, while the rest were quartered the opposite way. Check another model or the real thing if you are unsure. It may not matter on most models, but some will be affected by this, especially if it is an accurate model. 💙 T.E.N.
Typical Bachmann, too bad the gears arent made of brass or something better than nylon. Planned obsolescence, Bachmanns have been doing this for so long one would think they could get the problem fixed by now - but their solution is to sell you another engine - and another - and another, thats is if your naive enough to keep buying them. Gluing them back (might) last awhile but its not a permanent fix - too bad some little shop doesnt start a small mail order business making and selling gearsets for Bachmann and other brands if theyre wort fixing -- all my grousing aside gotta give ya credit once again you always seem to get 'em running- !! Well done she runs like a dream especially considering what you started with.
Brass wouldn’t be able to work on a chassis of this setup as when power is applied the chassis is live and transferring electricity from the axles to the motor, if brass gears and axles were fitted to this sort of setup once the loco is placed onto the track and power is applied it will cause a short circuit, Bachman don’t use this setup now though, you would be quite surprised by how good a superglue repair on these nylon axles actually can be, I have done it on a few of my British bachmann split chassis locomotives and they are still running today.
Depends on the plastic. Aged, stable, machined delrin plastic gears are preferred for modelers that want a long life and proper operation, but I have watched videos of printed gears for locomotives, and they weren't very successful. 💙 T.E.N.
Ah plastic gears on the older Bachmanns, I have a daylight one i got for 6.50 me and my dad are gonna work on it if I need parts I know who to ask I'll do a trade, I have a rock island boxcar I got from a train show around Christmas I don't need it since the bigger one with more stuff to get is coming up and I have so many cars so, I'll let you have it since it's your favorite color. Also what kind of oil do you use
A British video on SMT mainline feels like a rare treat to enjoy!
It’s too bad that those old Bachmann locos are so prone to failing… They look fantastic, especially for their age, and when they work, they are very solid runners! Great to see another A4 on the channel, that’s one of my favourite locomotive designs out there!!
They fell short on quality only by a little bit and paid for it.
@@SMTMainline definitely 😭😂
I'm still enjoying your restoration videos!!! I could watch them all evening!! Thanks!
Glad you like them!
Harrison, your videos have helped me bring several of my old locos back to life. Has for the gear issues. My sister inlaws father is a gun Smith. Presented the gear issue to him. He is making brass gear set for me to see if we can have a runner.lol
Brass gears won’t work on a chassis setup like this, this system basically uses a live chassis to transfer electrical current from the wheels to the motor and because brass is a conductive material if axles and gears made from it were fitted to a setup like this as soon as the locomotive is placed onto the track and power is applied it will just cause a short circuit.
I get it thanks. Had a thought need find another ideal. Just trying different ways to go with these issues.
I wonder if there is a less brittle plastic that could be used.
Super. I love seeing the variety of "foreign" and Canadian locomotives and rolling stock big companies produce that aren't normally on display at my local hobby shop. The A4 is a legend that would make the manager of my railroad (Me) save it, and any other railroad items, from becoming trash, and then come up with some excuses for the stockholders (Me) and the locomotive repair crew (Me) and the locomotive engineer and train crew (Me) to justify operating that locomotive on a strictly D&RGW/CB&Q/C&S themed model railroad without a few smirks appearing on some of my friends and other peoples faces. P.S. American locomotives are larger than their foreign cousins, and it really makes some locomotives stand out when they are mu'ed together. At least I have an excuse for my Flying Scotsman steam locomotive to operate on my railroad. (An American tour of the locomotive, which I heard didn't go so well for its owner.) SMT, keep doing what you do, so that some of our model heritage survives for a future generation. Hello again from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.
Thank you. I find some of the Northern states have a pretty good selection of Canadian locomotives.
I’m glad you were to save this A4 from being thrown away! No locomotive deserves to be thrown in the trash, and it’s no surprise that you were able to fix it! It’s a shame that people would think about tossing locomotives due to a simple issue. This is such a beautiful locomotive. Bachman may not be the most reliable, but, there is always another solution than the trash can. Amazing job once again, Harrison! :)
- Storm
Hopefully it holds well. It seems to run just fine luckily!
Good one. Love watching repairs to British locomotives.
Masterful job once again Harrison. Can’t believe that train store was going throw this engine away.
Thank you!
I love when you do these repairs on engines, gives them a second chance at life
I try
great job, that fix seemed a lot easier than normal. The gears were cracked but the flanges of the wheels actually created a mechanism to hold them together. And it's great to see you using a more reasonable sized soldering iron to solder tiny wires 🤣
That's true, so long as it never leaves the track it should be smooth sailing.
Nice shout out to Ron at Classic Model Trains. A cool dude. You and him are the only two I watch. The A4 is such a beautiful locomotive.
I like his style of content, thanks for the comment :)
Great job repairing that A4 Pacific. It's a shame that these models would get thrown out due to a design flaw but glad that you were able to get it back up and marked up for service!
Great looking cars. Once again the loco gods are smiling upon you. Great job!
Classic model trains..and your channel..both are great to watch!..both very informative and most of all not boring..lol
For sure, Ron has some great content!
Its amazing seeing engines that were bound for the trash bin running again! Amazing video, as always.
Thank you very much!
Thanks for the Shout Out Harrison!!
No problem, thanks for sharing that helpful repair idea with the community 👍
The combo worm gear and fly wheel plus motor with realistic speed is a tried and true modification that, prior to the advent of DCC, was what many model locomotive back shops did to upgrade the performance of practically any older steam locomotive. The ALCO (later Alliance) company Helix Humper, was entirely based on this notion. To this day, a Helix Humper upgrade kit is highly sought after as they haven't been made for about 20 years. It is actually a great thing that Bachmann incorporated this concept into their production steamers. Now about those axles...
Quality entertainment as always, Harrison also helps me build my own layout from supplies to scenery!
Thank you!
What I like about the passenger cars is that some of the lamps are burnt out but that makes it more realistic like some passengers turned them off to sleep or something like that. That train runs so well! Time will tell how long that fix will be though.
That's a great point.
Harrison another successful repair, made to ride the rails again, great job
Another nice job of repairing this Bachmann locomotive. Again the use of cheap plastic is the culprit. Harrison, I unfortunately own a couple of 1970s and 80s Bachmann locomotives. I have been fortunate that they still seem to run well. I do keep them clean and lubricated. But, for me my best locomotives are Athern, for the money.
I love it when a plan comes together. Another good one. 👍 From Texas
For sure, I'm glad this one worked out.
It's a runner!👍The Hornby A4 is really British backward when servicing. Power from the loco. Tender drive&power transfers thru a spring-loaded copper coupling. Art when it's working.
Ah well, it depends on the era of the model- in the 1980's and 1990's, Hornby were really big on having their engines be Tender-Driven, for whatever reason.
That was a good video, I really like the matching passenger cars too. Nice job.
Thank you very much!
God work, SMT! I knew you'd get it running again!
Serenity, we have a runner! You stated the very reason I don't buy Bachmann. All my old Bachmann engines went to the scrap. Never again will I buy a Bachmann. I see this Bachmann has the old split chassis. I see you're using your new soldering iron. Cheers from eastern TN
So far I'm liking the new iron, it heats up quick and has its own compact stand.
This will be a 3rd engine you enabled me to repair! The Blue Goose, AHM Cab Forward and now the Daylight
Great save! Never doubted you could pull off a win!
Thank you!
What a beauty. Thanks Harrison!
Aye, I'm glad it worked out. Anytime!
Nice job on the repair, I hope the glue holds up. I tried the brass tube trick on a Bachmann Amtrak engine. It kind of worked. Love the passenger cars too.
Are the modern American locomotives similar to this one? This is the first time I've seen the wheels having metal bracing for the nylon.
I have a Bachmann 2-8-0, number 1257, that is similar to it.
Very nice! Glad you took the time...
Great save from the garbage bin 👍 very beautiful looking locomotive great job 👏
Thank you very much!
10:47 Wiring mistake... 🤣I've done that more times than I would admit, but those with big egos would have edited it that from the video 😃Nice job!
We all make mistakes, I try to be as transparent about them as possible 👍
Great job Harrison for fixing the ceased drive.
i own the Hornby version of this, called the Silver King. got it in a box of old british stock. I paid 25 bucks for the whole box, hell of a deal. i didn’t even know that it was under the whole thing, as the box was pretty big. So i took it to a train show and a guy who specializes in european stuff said it could be from the early 60s. i put it in a display case, and im quite Proud of my purchase. the thing is, the motor is kinda black so it could be burnt. it gets very hot after short periods of run time. its very nice, as its all diecast. it was as heavy as my crappy lionel 8300 that was o gauge. it has all its metal cars and matching tender too. i can not fix it, as i don’t mess with foreign stuff. i can’t use it on normal track either because it’s 3 rail oo gauge, and it also takes ac power. it’s a good shelf queen though.👍
Have you cleaned the commutator? Sometimes that's all it needs
That sounds like old Hornby Dublo.
I have never seen you fail amazing work
The A4 is my favourite locomotive. I have 6, including 2 Bachman’s that are the same design as the one you are working on (being silver fox and golden eagle), and the gold plated mallard Hornby put out a few years ago
Nice! Maybe a run-by with the room lights off for those beautiful lighted cars.
If you go to your local RC hobby shop, you can purchase some THIN CA glue. You ca apply it with a piece of wire. Toothpicks will absorb the glue! They also sell a catalyst or accelerator for the glue or you can just wait it out. use the heat shrink to hold it together while it dries. Great hack!
Ok I'll go price it at home and gigs in my area
Alrighty
A mansion built on a foundation of sand… perfect analogy. I’m so tired of Bachmann plastic gearing.
If they just used slightly better plastic these would be decent.
Here's something you may be interested in, a real life "mansion" (Millennium Tower high rise) that's sinking in the sand of San Francisco. And, appropriate to a train channel, the engineer reporting is named CaseyJones!
Nice job on the Loco but those coaches are gorgeous
These old Bachmann locos were brought over from mainline who use to be Airfix.
Not quite, the Bachmann A4 has its origins in Trix, hence why its slightly too small for OO
hello SMT Mainline & it's is Randy and i like yours video is cool & Thanks SMT Mainline & Friends Randy
Wonderful. And a great coincidence, I was working on the sibling 'Golden Plover' of this one. And see where I went wrong as it had a sticking part within the motion. So I can see where I went wrong and which direction to go right.
Since watching your video again, I learnt a few things including what that wire over the rear pony truck is for. And how to correctly get the case off.
As I feel like that is the issue area.
Good job on the repair. I wish it was that simple on my bachmann prairie I had. Eh it's all good though because I would get another but not the split chassis version. At least this has a can motor vs that ring drive
The can motor is so much better than the pancake motor.
I have seven of these older Mainline/Bachmann models and two of them had failed axles. It’s a pain to fix especially if it’s the old round axles. But once it’s fixed, they run nicely and have loads of power. These are relatively simple models and not a lot can go wrong besides the axles.
DON'T forget the Lionel ho to like the CN one
@@MVF_2024- I'm European and as such, American stuff with this design is a rare sight here. Though I have an old Bachmann 4-4-0 and DDA40X Centennial with this design (both failed and I had to glue them back together)
That one was the worst 😂
They certainly are. I hope someone designs better gears for them.
Your mechanical skills and your equipment are awesone😂😂😂😂
Thank you!
Nice repair on a wonderful loco and a great layout.
Nice job restoring that Bachmann a4 pacific for Canadian behavior.
Thanks
My favorite 2 Gresley a4 Pacifics is Mallard and Bittern. Those are thier names. Mallard is known for going 126mph. I forget what year, but it is true. It is a shame Mallard can not run again. Oh I forgot about the Dwight D. Eisenhower. That ones famous.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
1938 was the year Mallard Broke the Record, 3rd July was the date,
@@davidstrains4910 thank you.
Nice job, Harrison .
Some of older Bachmann split-chassis models run pretty pleasantly for their age when you fix them up right. Good job.
These ones with the can motor are a lot better than the previous Pancake design.
I own 6 and they all look and run amazingly I've never had a problem with them before
They usually run fine for the first decade or so, they just don't age well.
Agreed
Luv it mate, well done.❤
I have found a solution to the problem of these Bachmann locomotives. I have repaired a few of these by ordering the axle centers from North West Short Line. They have all sorts of repair parts machined from aged Delrin. I totally recommend them.
That's great to know.
cool repair !
Incredible train, awesome fix.
Thank you very much!
wow a cool british engine getting reborn, nice video
13:01 that timelaps looks funny 😂
You can get the replacement gears for the axles for Bachmann's chef through shapeways
That's good to know.
Creative use of heatshrink.
The A4 is one of my favorite locomotives!
Its a nice one alright
Ah yes the split chassis mechanism. Those have many problems. Thats why I only buy the Hornby A4's.
I have this in early Triang/Hornby. Great loco
I'm sure it's better than this in terms of design.
Great video and repair but I would have put the heat shrink in the center of the axels without the gear just because I'm a fusspot. lol
That wouldn't work since that's how they pick up power. Even if you don't cover the metal it will prevent the axels from making proper contact.
@@SMTMainline Have not worked on those yet so I'll keep that in mind, thanks. I stay away from Bachmann as much as possible. It's a lifelong mission statement.
Nice engine and illuminated Pullman cars!
Inevitable Hornby also make these. But for my money, the Wrenn all-metal version was the one to buy - really solid, and great performance.
Couple of years back I thought I would try some UK locos. I bought several used Bachmanns. Turned out to be a nightmare. They all had this problem. After trying several things to fix them I threw them all in a box and bought some Hornbys and Dapols.
Its a shame they don't make them better. Their North American models have the exact same issues.
Harrison, Are you going to put a new bulb in and re install the locomotive lighting?
I don't believe this locomotive had a headlight.
It does make me cringe when you say model stores are throwing things like this away! 😮
They probably would have given it to someone else but it was a loss to them.
You can get spare axle sets from Bachmann UK...yes...I've done it.
I wasn't aware they still made them.
@@SMTMainline Bachmann UK still does nylon spares for the split chassis A4's
Bachmann has GOT to know by now they make unreliable gears.
Yet they don't quit using them. There must be some material that would be less prone to cracking.
Use aged, stable, machined delrin gears for long life. 💙 T.E.N.
I’ve always had bachmann locomotives when I started collecting a couple ho locomotives 10 years ago and haven’t had issues yet fingers crossed
Sometimes you get a good one. I've got a few in my collection that have been pretty reliable, others not so much.
Note on the quartering of the wheels, the A4s had three cylinders which required the wheels to be quartered at 120 degrees instead of 90 degrees for two cylindered locomotives. I don’t know if this is true for these older tooled locomotives. Maybe about three thirty or right in between the three and the four on the clock face.
This is the first time I've heard about that. I don't think they went with 120 for this model otherwise I don't think it would have ran like it did.
@@SMTMainline
It may not, that sort of thing was accepted in those less finesse days.
Awesome point. I went to see if my three cylinder steam loco was at 90° or 120° and it was at 90°, which I understand, but it is an old model. A good point to nitpick with a model locomotive company, being are they quartered like the real thing? I'm not sure if it would work at 120°, but it is closer to 90° than 180°, so maybe. So now I am on the hunt for other, newer models and real locomotives to see if anybody does this. Also watch out, as some Pennsylvania and other railroads locomotives were quartered one way, and others were quartered the opposite way. 💙 T.E.N.
That's nice man 0:24
Thank goodness for Bachmann, coming through again with more crappy locomotives and content for the channel, lol.
That's true. People often ask why I rarely work on nice brands, the reason is they don't break as often. Thanks for keeping the lights on Bachmann 👍
You R The "Model Train Whisperer"
I find it interesting you opinion of Bachman, I have a collection of Bachman steam from the 70’s 80’s and 90’s and only 2 of the newer ones have failed and that’s due the grease drying into a glue and that was on the newer wd versions they was classed as top end over hornby and lima
I guess you got the lucky ones. The first generation ones were even worse than this one, if you look for them on eBay you'll find countless locomotives with messed up drivers due to this problem.
@@SMTMainline wondering if the American market was different to ours bud
@@SMTMainline lol I have to stay of eBay I keep buying triang non runners and making them work lol
@@keithgilham9438 That was my impression until I opened this locomotive although I haven't heard as many complaints about Bachmann UK
@@keithgilham9438 I love the Tri-ang products. They aren't the prettiest but last nearly forever
You can get new axles for these old Bachmann locos . The split chassis are not the best and are notorious for braking axles.
shapeways has them.
Did one of the crank pins come loose at 13:21?
Yeah, the plastic broke and I had to remove part of the valve gear.
with the sheer amount of broken nylon gears you'd think Bachman would sell replacements, I'd easily pay like $2 a gear
ever thought about adding a race track or something to the layout a rally dirt track in a empty grassy or forestry area would super fun
I haven't but I should. I'm into working on gokarts, mini bikes etc.
@@SMTMainline a mini bike trail or a go cart track would be awesome
so is it going to be OOHarrison from hereon ? you can also obtain new axles from shapeways for bachmann split chassis junk. did so for the bachmann plus 2-8-0 and the doodlebug - both seem to work pretty good with the new gears and centres.
Its good to know they still sell parts.
second veiw! ill leave an edit on this once finished watchin (edit: great video as usual, still the best model railroader out there. great work man!)
Thanks!
As a Brit - of a certain age - thanks.
Another great vid! Did Bachman ever offer a metal gear upgrade to fix this problem?
They didn't. The parts can't be made from metal since they are on a conductive surface.
Shucks! Maybe a better quality plastic or non conductive material then….
When's the next live? Also I agree with that bachman is a mansion built on sand 😄
Probably one of the week nights after 8:00est
still looks like the drivers are binding somewhere though.. you can see it jumping in the slow speed tests
The nylon might be slightly off since there isn't really a way to re-quarter these locomotives.
Hey smt! I am from Dutch, and I have HO-Scale set, but later I kind of abandoned it, But since I am watching you, You took me back to the trains! I love your trains!! I have marklin trains and 1 weird southern pacific? Maybe you can know what type that is. Thank you!!
Hey. Welcome back to the hobby! It sounds like you have the SP E7 "black widow" diesel
@@SMTMainline maybe it is? Can I share a picture?
“Gres-lee” not “Greez-lee”. Sorry, pedant here! Lovely job fixing it up. The original tooling came from Trix, for which bachmann put a new chassis underneath.
Your friend knew you'd get it running Harrison, and so did the rest of us. Don't know why but for some reason when you put the cars on it and it started running I started thinking about one of the old black and white Sherlock Holmes movies that they did on the train, can almost picture Holmes and Watson sitting at one of the tables.
Speaking of British items have you seen the screensaver I emailed you yet?
Thanks for the support. I haven't noticed any emails about British screensavers but I'll have a look
@@SMTMainline it should say screensaver I recently loaded to my folder.
Are replacement parts not available for this loco?
Apparently so but I wasn't aware at the time.
I could google it but I'd rather ask you what is 'quartering' snd you went a little fast on the 12/3 o'clock formula for the wheels--more on that would be a nice bit of info.
Thank you
The drivers (rods on the sides of the locomotive) need to be exactly a quarter turn apart. An easy way to set them is place all screw holes at their highest point 12:00, on the other side set them to 3:00. If the drivers are more or less than 90 degrees it will cause binding.
Be careful which way you quarter the wheels, as some Pennsylvania and other railroads locomotives were quartered one way, while the rest were quartered the opposite way. Check another model or the real thing if you are unsure. It may not matter on most models, but some will be affected by this, especially if it is an accurate model. 💙 T.E.N.
Typical Bachmann, too bad the gears arent made of brass or something better than nylon. Planned obsolescence, Bachmanns have been doing this for so long one would think they could get the problem fixed by now - but their solution is to sell you another engine - and another - and another, thats is if your naive enough to keep buying them. Gluing them back (might) last awhile but its not a permanent fix - too bad some little shop doesnt start a small mail order business making and selling gearsets for Bachmann and other brands if theyre wort fixing -- all my grousing aside gotta give ya credit once again you always seem to get 'em running- !! Well done she runs like a dream especially considering what you started with.
Brass wouldn’t be able to work on a chassis of this setup as when power is applied the chassis is live and transferring electricity from the axles to the motor, if brass gears and axles were fitted to this sort of setup once the loco is placed onto the track and power is applied it will cause a short circuit, Bachman don’t use this setup now though, you would be quite surprised by how good a superglue repair on these nylon axles actually can be, I have done it on a few of my British bachmann split chassis locomotives and they are still running today.
The split chassis design lead them to install these gears. It's not just a bad design, it's a bad design with plastic that's known to crack...
NR class unboxing?
Would haveing a 3 D printer be good for making your gears and plastic parts be a good thing to have.just a thought.
I just bought one. I'll have to do some tests.
Depends on the plastic. Aged, stable, machined delrin plastic gears are preferred for modelers that want a long life and proper operation, but I have watched videos of printed gears for locomotives, and they weren't very successful. 💙 T.E.N.
Broken locomotives hate him!
'Broken locomotives hate this one trick"
I sometimes put smt mainline mix on youtube so your videos play all day usually sathurdays
That's awesome!
Smt do you think you could do a video of running trains in the dark?
I might do a livestream like that.
@@SMTMainline because lighted passenger cars in the dark seems cool
Ah plastic gears on the older Bachmanns, I have a daylight one i got for 6.50 me and my dad are gonna work on it if I need parts I know who to ask I'll do a trade, I have a rock island boxcar I got from a train show around Christmas I don't need it since the bigger one with more stuff to get is coming up and I have so many cars so, I'll let you have it since it's your favorite color. Also what kind of oil do you use
Where do I get CA?
CA is super glue, crazy glue etc. You can find knock off brands at the dollar store and I find they work just as well.