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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Bachmann the keystone trainset
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Anonymous
on Thursday, April 14, 2005 1:41 PM
I have a Bachmann The Keystone trainset but am not sure how to connect the drawbar of the locomotive to the tender. Also, what is the tether connecting the loco and the tender for? Is it for DCC? Please help! Modeltrainman
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, April 14, 2005 1:52 PM
Welcome to the forum
The "tether" you mention is most likely the electrical connection between loco and tender (for lighting/tender pickups/sometimes the DCC socket is in the tender). There should be a matching socket in the loco cab somewhere.
Regarding the drawbar, I've not seen one of these locos so can't be of much help. Usually drawbars either rely on a plastic peg hooking into them or the end of the drawbar clipping around a peg - is the end of the drawbar shaped like a "C" or is it a complete loop? if the former, it probably clips on, if the latter, it will be designed to hook over something. Bachmann have a website which might be useful to you at www.bachmanntrains.com - hope this helps!
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selector
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February 2005
From: Vancouver Island, BC
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Posted by
selector
on Thursday, April 14, 2005 2:22 PM
Hey, good to see a new face, trainman. My Life Like Heritage 0-6-0 only has the wires between the loco and tender as the 'drawbar'. It works fine for hauling rolling stock.
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Anonymous
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, April 14, 2005 4:09 PM
It looks like the c-type Railroading-Brit mentioned.
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Anonymous
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, April 14, 2005 4:15 PM
The sockets are at the bottom of the cab
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Anonymous
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, April 14, 2005 4:24 PM
the c-type coupler has a nub on each side. I'm new to HO scale trains, so please ignore me replying to myself, I'm trying to give you all as much info about the problem as possible.
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Anonymous
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, April 14, 2005 11:20 PM
Selector- has it shown any signs of wear and tear. Please reply as I don't want to have a nonworking loco!
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