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Seller said that it was "Dropped on it's nose", but being the railfan romantic that I am I tend to believe that the engineer took dead man's curve to fast and spun it off the rails.
Either way it took out the cow catcher, boiler door, some of the boiler and bent the drawbar. It's a Pemco 2-6-0 Mogul.
Still, I had to give it a try as received. Put it on the track - headlight came on but no motion. Noticed that the tenders front truck was elevated due to the bent drawbar.
Back to the workbench where I disconnected the drawbar. It was then that I discovered that the drawbar was comprised of two wafer thin pieces of metal and that the tenders wheels were geared and not attached to the trucks.
Neat I thought, a tender driven locomotive with pickup achieved through the locomotive reverse of normal. Not for the purists, but points for innovation.
Bent the draw bar(s) back in place and put it on the track. Hey, headlight on and it moves picking up speed. Makes a funny sound, something like the early Rivarossi Genoa 4-4-0's with the in tender open armature motors.
Not only does it move, it moves very well with great low-speed performance and tractability. Maybe those rebellious Tyco engineers had something after all.
Now to reattach the broken pieces and put it to work. Look Ma, no driveshaft.
Either way it took out the cow catcher, boiler door, some of the boiler and bent the drawbar. It's a Pemco 2-6-0 Mogul.
Still, I had to give it a try as received. Put it on the track - headlight came on but no motion. Noticed that the tenders front truck was elevated due to the bent drawbar.
Back to the workbench where I disconnected the drawbar. It was then that I discovered that the drawbar was comprised of two wafer thin pieces of metal and that the tenders wheels were geared and not attached to the trucks.
Neat I thought, a tender driven locomotive with pickup achieved through the locomotive reverse of normal. Not for the purists, but points for innovation.
Bent the draw bar(s) back in place and put it on the track. Hey, headlight on and it moves picking up speed. Makes a funny sound, something like the early Rivarossi Genoa 4-4-0's with the in tender open armature motors.
Not only does it move, it moves very well with great low-speed performance and tractability. Maybe those rebellious Tyco engineers had something after all.
Now to reattach the broken pieces and put it to work. Look Ma, no driveshaft.
