Large Scale Central

2 Giants on the Rails. My biggest equipment takes a spin

I made a video of 2 Giants, my 4-6-2-2-6-4 Beyer Garratt pulling my 64 wheel 78" long 22 pound Schnabel Rail car.

David Meashey suggested this lash up so before the fun starts my new little LGB Forney bash has a go at moving the Schnabel. Check it out to see what happens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td3SnG5uXHc&t=4s

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Magnificent!! Extra points for everything being painted and lettered for the Cape Cod Central. Kudos to engineer smurf for a valiant effort.

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I love it! Great video, Todd!

Fast hands catching the misaligned switch and flipping it before an issue happens.
Is there a preferred ā€œfront and backā€ on the
Schnabel

BRAVO! BRAVO!
Best Cape Cod Todd Video ever!!!
We have it all here…Giant equipment, Blue Crew, amazing filming, hair raising turns and Giant Hand Action!
Oscar material and by the way, quick switch flipping.

That was fast action. I surprised myself :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:
It was a Piko curved switch and the Garratt likes wide curves so it’s best to send it on the outside. :slightly_smiling_face:

I think that Garratts were run like any other loco but it was preferable to run it the way I had it with the water tender in the front.