Raised on the Erie Lackawanna Mainline- Supt. of the Black River Transfer & Terminal R.R.
I have one from 4 or 5 years ago, when they first introduced them. The engines draw power from both the drivers and the tender. So, there are lots of wheels and a long power base to draw from. I've never had any trouble getting power to this engine.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Is that the Saddletank engine that's on sale right now at Walthers? I've been thinking of picking up one of those myself. Other than problems with frogs, how do they run?
If I got one, it would likely run in an area with tight curves and Atlas snap-switches. These have plastic frogs, so no power no way no how, but in general the frogs are short enough that I don't have any problems on them.
Jim,
I don't know about the 0-6-0s but the 1st run Proto 2000 0-8-0s had pickup issues. The 2nd run came with pickups on all the tender wheels.
According to the Walthers web site, the new 0-6-0s (Due out in Sep '10) come with "Loco & Tender Electrical Pick-Up". I'm assuming that means pickups on all wheels.
Tom
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Time...It marches on...without ever turning around to see if anyone is even keeping in step.
I've got a fleet's worth of P2K 0-6-0 and 0-8-0's and even had a bachmann 0-6-0T for a while.
I have mostly Atlas SS#6 with the large isolated frog, but also have Walthers curved, Atals snap (platic) and Custom Line (Metal).
None of the frogs are powered and I don't have any problems with these locos, even the 0-6-0T.
The only related issue I've had is the SuperSwitch (SS) sometimes has a frog that is higher than the rails. This causes the wheels to lift and therefore lose contact on that side.
I fix them by carefully draw filing until the height is equal to the rail.
As a bonus, this leaves the "rail" that is made into the frog, shiny and a better match with the other rails, and leaves the bottom of the frog dark.