@VJandP posted:Being a Visionline engine I thought it would have the swinging bell but it does not.
N&W Class A locomotives had pneumatic bell ringers that sounded the bells. They did not swing. The model portrays this accurately.
I’ve never noticed these articulated arms that seem to help stabilize the front end as it swings out. Is this unique to this model or do other large articulated engines have it?
The extremely tight curves O gauge locomotives tend to be operated on (even what would be considered a large diameter curve in O gauge is generally much smaller than exists in real life) exaggerates the look, but those are the steam pipes that would carry steam in or out of the cylinders. In real life they'd flex somewhat to allow the locomotive to articulate. The models allow much more flex than the real ones likely would in order to navigate the above-mentioned O gauge curves.
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