I NEED HELP WITH MY BACHMANN BIG HAULER!

[RhB_HJ]

QUOTE: Originally posted by vsmith

QUOTE: Originally posted by iandor

Sell it and get something fromn LGB.


Rgds Ian

" ...Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"

Ian has drinken of the Red Koolaid and is now a card carrying member of the Red Box Cult of the sacred Lehman. Leh-mies firmly believe if it aint Lehman it aint She-ite! [;)]

Hey Vic, [;)][:)][;)]

Have you heard that "Red Koolaid" affects one's vision?

The more one sips of it, the wider the respective "scale tolerance" tolerance becomes. I've heard it said that at mid-stage one might exclaim (upon seeing a new item in a Red Box): "Geeeeeeeeee, look at the beauty! The shiny finish! The brilliant colour! See how she runs!"
[;)][;)][:D][:D]

[grandpopswalt]

I'll say Amen to Vic's comments. I added about 8 OZ. in the boiler of my Indy and it now easily pulls 4 freight cars or 3 passenger cars (probably more than the prototype would have pulled).

Walt

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by iandor

Sell it and get something fromn LGB.


Rgds Ian

" ...Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"

Ian has drinken of the Red Koolaid and is now a card carrying member of the Red Box Cult of the sacred Lehman. Leh-mies firmly believe if it aint Lehman it aint She-ite! [;)]

Your little Indy is a perfectly fine little lokie, just remember it does have some limits, that being pulling capacity due to its light weight. Same problem the prototype had, these were tiny loco's in reality and had a limited pulling capacity of only a few cars. Most worked on plantations and industrial applications.

George Schrayer has some great suggestions to easily add enough wieght to make it a great little runner on his website (go to Sticky links topic at top of Gen Discussion page scroll down look for his name). Outside of the pulling capacity I have heard nothing bad about them. I just picked one up two weeks ago, Yellow Pine Lumber version. Havent decided if I'll leave it as is or add weight via a spare LGB Porter (Another great little engine to add to your roster) saddletank and convert my Indy into a 2-6-2T mini-Minaret lokie. Might leave it as-is since its a great looking little steamer.[:p]

[Anonymous]

Sell it and get something fromn LGB.


Rgds Ian

[Anonymous]

Thanks Everyone for your help.
my train only came with disassembely instructions.
So i don't know how to do anything with it.
It is my first G train.
So if you have anything on things that it dose let me know.
Thanks.

[vsmith]

What they said....

All that info should be in the sheets of documents that was packed with the Lokie along with maintanence and disassembly instructions, DO NOT throw these papers away!

Have fun with it.

[Train 284]

[#welcome] to the forum!

I have a Big hauler myself. Open up the smokebox door and throw the switch. Close the door and put about 7-10 drops of smoke. Remember to NEVER leave this switch on when your not using the locomotive!

Happy garden railroading!

[tangerine-jack]

[#welcome] to the forum!


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go to this web site, it's everything you ever wanted to know about the Big Hauler.



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[piercedan]

There is a switch behind the front boiler plate for tuening on the smoke unit.

Never leave it on with no fluid in the stack.

Just add smoke fluid to the inside of the smoke stack, 10 drops or so.

[Anonymous]

[:)] Hello,

I have just recieved a bachmann mogul. I have a ring of aristocraft usa brass track and a magnum power pack. My train has a light and some sound in the tender. I do not know how to make it smoke. I have some smoke oil, But do not know how much oil to put in. If some one could email me some genrall information on smoking and other features that would be great! [:D]

Thanks For Looking[:)]

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