Anyone who has this engine care to share a review? Thanks.
Doug
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Fine engine. It has 4 chuffs and cruise. Mine does not have the lurch. I have shortened the drawbar and added an engine deck.
Pete
Thanks, Pete. How did you shorten the drawbar?
Doug
Mine had the lurch..so i ran a wire from tender roller to loco roller and that took care of that...nice engine i always liked mine,,,norton how did u shorten the drawbar ? conrail john
I mill them but you can simply cut them, sand off the blueing and solder them after overlapping. Pics in this thread.
https://ogrforum.com/t...18#57883406166204618
Pete
We have one, its a nice locomotive. We also added a wire from the tender roller, however ours didnt have he lurch.
Lionel got these 0-8-0's right from the start, full boiler and 4 chuffs per revolution. They're better than the most recent legacy 0-8-0's because Lionel cut corners on the speed control
(These were never even made with 2 chuffs, yets Lionel continued to offer ever other larger steamer with 2 chuffs for several more years
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I've never had issues with stalling over my fastrack switches so never needed to "tie" the loco and tender rollers together.
Great runners with no issues outside of the long drawbar. I have the B&A version which is a year or two newer. Its one of the best locos I own.
I have one of these guys; it has been a trouble-free engine to the extent I have never had it apart to date. It displays no lurch tendency and I run it across Atlas"O" 7.5 degree turnouts without issue.
Thanks for the replies.
Doug
Had this one and the C&O, I regret selling them years ago.
"(These were never even made with 2 chuffs, yets Lionel continued to offer ever other larger steamer with 2 chuffs for several more years)"
Yeah - always baffled me too.
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I bought a high-mileage NYC version last year, but it runs well - except - the micro-switch is loose or so worn ( I assume) that the chuffs become irregular above very slow speeds - and I mean speeds that are still switcher-appropriate. Hard to open up to get to it so I haven't yet. I don't recall The Lurch (no biggie, anyway).
I also have a Southern version. No issues,
Great locos.
