Some may have already seen this on the help thread.
I'm not a big fan of "crawl" videos, but...its a switcher after all:
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Crazy good crawl. It's a pretty good looking locomotive too!
That's impressive. Overall, I like everything about this engine except the silver handrails and the size and appearance of the wiring tether. I understand the tether had to be that way because of the boards being relocated to the tender. How many additional wires were needed to accommodate the swinging bell? It's a neat feature for sure though. Why were the handrails left unpainted and do they need to stay that way? In fairness, they were silver in the catalog images also so it shouldn't be a surprise. The rest looks so good that it stands out.
@Randy_B I believe the hand rails can be painted. I plan to paint them eventually.
That is VERY impressive. That is about 1 scale mph...walking speed.
And four chuffs per rev, too.
NICE!
That's just as good as Lionel switching diesels
@Randy_B posted:That's impressive. Overall, I like everything about this engine except the silver handrails and the size and appearance of the wiring tether. I understand the tether had to be that way because of the boards being relocated to the tender. How many additional wires were needed to accommodate the swinging bell? It's a neat feature for sure though. Why were the handrails left unpainted and do they need to stay that way?
Typically all of the Lionel cc stuff is in the loco with primarily audio boards in the tender. This is why any previous Tmcc Legacy loco with the standard i.r. tether will respond and operate solely without the tender.
I haven't tried it, but I'm guessing this 0-6-0 will not. I had a couple anomalies i.e. dropping into conventional early on that I attribute to my not having the tether fully seated. It's suspected that the Legacy antenna is in the coal bunker as well.
Since about 2000 the Handrails on a Lionel engine have been the antenna. They are much more rigid and painted. These handrails are wire handrails that are akin to the handrails on Lionel and Mth steamers back in the 90s.
Why are they not painted? Possibly an oversight?, or maybe because the chrome wire doesn't hold paint as well and risks chipping during shipment.
The unpainted handrails are a non issue for me. I paint the driver tires black on all of my new locos, anyway. These handrails shouldn't take more than 5 or 10 minutes with a fine tipped brush.
The jury is out on the tether. Dave stated it uses supraflex wire on "Demo's with Dave" to hopefully last a good long time. Given the short length of this engine the wires don't twist much. So I hope they last for my length of use.
In the "0-6-0 help" thread I posted a photo. This loco has a larger can motor than one would expect as well as a steel drive line and a worm gear turning in ball bearings. It seems Lionel and/or Dave put forth a reasonable effort in a solid powertrain.
The swinging bell is always fun, and just when you think it won't fit in anything smaller that the h10, here we are. The boiler on this 0-6-0 is tinier in every direction when compared to Lionels usra 0-8-0.
Besides, theres no fan motor to fail on the swinging bell😉
Cool!
Especially for people like me with small, up-close, narrow layouts. Bravo, Lionel!
Rick, that seems ultra slow. Any idea if it can be double headed with other Legacy engines? I am guessing not.
Pete
@RickO posted:... In the "0-6-0 help" thread I posted a photo....
I can't find that thread. Could you please point me to it?
This engine is awesome! Thanks for posting. I think I may blow my budget on one.
Jim
@Norton posted:Rick, that seems ultra slow. Any idea if it can be double headed with other Legacy engines? I am guessing not.
Pete
You can find Dave's " Demos with Dave" video on youtube.
He mentions the speed steps can be altered for double heading.
Having said that, not unlike the diesels Gary mentions above . When running it you can tell it's geared down for its purpose. I'd think it would be screaming behind a road engine.
I could be wrong in how I interpreted it in the Legacy manual. When a switcher is used for doubleheading or as a pusher and placed in the remote as a train. It increases it’s speed step by 2 with each step rather than 1 and will then match the road engine.
I agree. You can’t get any better than that for slow speed performance.
@Dave_C posted:I could be wrong in how I interpreted it in the Legacy manual. When a switcher is used for doubleheading or as a pusher and placed in the remote as a train. It increases it’s speed step by 2 with each step rather than 1 and will then match the road engine.
I agree. You can’t get any better than that for slow speed performance.
Correct. It’s automatic, when you assign your engine in a lashup it ups it’s speed to match other legacy engines. Run it on its own, back to that really slow crawl
Nice! I think this loco is based on MTH's USRA switcher tooling, but I believe MTH used the smaller RS-365SH motor. @RickO did you happen to count the gear ratio while you had the hood off? Thanks for sharing, and I agree, a great runner!
