QUOTE: Originally posted by chewie8han So how do you like them? i was thinking about getting a 2-10-0 myself to pull a passenger train and sometimes my 30 car freight train. What are your new ones pulling?
QUOTE: Originally posted by Isambard I have three Spectrum Russian 2-10-0 Decapods, plus three 2-8-0 Consolidations and like them. As I've previously posted, I experienced a burnt out motor with one of the Decapods, apparently due to sitting on a DCC powered track too long without a decoder installed. The rubber drive belt showed signs of fraying although the loco had only around 10 hours of running over fifteen months. I've since bought a replacement motor from Bachmann and had it installed by my LHS. He commented that the new motor (German made) was a better quality one than the original Chinese unit, and was dynamically balanced. I'm still looking for spare rubber drive belts since Bachmann are out of stock and advised me to call back in several months.
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QUOTE: Originally posted by cjcrescent Cacole, Aggro; That "wobble" as you describe is not a "wobble" at all. Its something that all steamers do to some extent and its called "hunting". Smaller drivered locos seem to do it more than larger drivered locos. A mechanical engineer explained as being caused by the weight shift of the water in the boiler, and the concurrent change in weight on each driver, and the change in the forces on the pulling faces of the couplers as the train goes around curves, up and down small elevation changes etc...
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QUOTE: Originally posted by AggroJones I have a Russian Dec. Second highest detailed of the Spectrum steamers. Which makes it a pain to dissasemble. Ran with a bit of an untracable wobble, but quietly. Can pull about 15 average cars on the flat before slipping. The motor on mine burnt out after a few hours of running. And those douchers at Bachmann had the gall to charge me $25 for the new motor and $5 for shipping! That probably won't happen to you. I likely got a fluke. Just go ahead and get the 2-6-6-2.
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