Thats what happens when you let rooster drive a steam engines. Hes not man enough for that yet. Thats why he should stay with powered boxcars.
Ralph Berg said:. . . would be the ale what cures me :D.
A cure for what ails me . . .
Ralph, what brand turnout? I haven’t seen many B’mann locos that much liked Aristo turnouts without a lot of tweaking to both.
Mik,
It really was just a case of the loco moving through the switch too fast. I had the throttle speed preset so I could move about and take some pictures. Two cars uncoupled. The train picked up speed and hit the switches before
I could get back to the throttle. It made it through the first turnout, the points moved going through the second.
I’ve had several uncouplings over the two days. It’s usually not a problem. Just need to tweak it a bit after the recent changes to the track.
Ralph
Ralph are you using bachmann couplers? If you are try taking out the plastic pin that holds the coupler and replace with nut and bolt. I forget who has the quick fix for it possibly TOC and I think John. Makes a hudge improvment.
Personally I am on the side of the Engineer and the goats - even if they do stink - over this mishap. Looking at the your railroad Ralph I might blame the MOW gang.
I know it is easy to look at a pc monitor, some thousands of miles distant, but I would replace the right hand curve just before the switch with a new right handed switch and then remove the present l/h switch where the derailment occurred. You would have to do a small re-alignment of the track (the part where the loco was headed) but it might make a smoother transition. I have a couple of Annies and they do run through my 10’ Aristo switches quite well, but, I only run slow here generally being a freight orientated line.
However we all have our upsets from time to time. lol
Alan,
That is an excellent suggestion.
I have a RH I’m not using, and I need the LH to finish the run around in the yard.
Ralph
Ralph I am pleased that you liked my suggestion. I was a little concerned when making it - well, you know how easy a misunderstanding can occur on a Forum aaargh! -
I have to be honest I don’t run my Annies as often as my FA-1 and RS3’s and Centre Cabs (mini RS’s). I guess I should. I have some J&S cars which I repainted from the Bachmann yellow. There are two cars and a combine based, roughly on MILW colors. I can’t post pics but maybe the Picasaweb link will do.
Alan Lott said:Hi Alan - I don't think you need to worry about that here. Most of us will probably either take the suggestion, or just say that the idea doen't intrest us, without making a big deal out of it. That's one of the things that make this a fun place to hang out.
Ralph I am pleased that you liked my suggestion. I was a little concerned when making it - well, you know how easy a misunderstanding can occur on a Forum aaargh! -
BTW Ralph - I forgot to say “Nice pictures” earlier. And Shawn has it right on the coupler mod. See my website for a variation of TOC’s fix.
Alan Lott said:That's cause diesel rule! :)
I have to be honest I don't run my Annies as often as my FA-1 and RS3's and Centre Cabs (mini RS's).
Alan, Here is the siding after implimenting your suggestion. Looks much cleaner and still gives me a walk path to the left. I sure like the ease of making changes when floating track on gravel. Ralph
(http://www.lscdata.com/users/cabby/_forumfiles/SVL114Med.jpg)
Thanks Ralph for the pic: it is appreciated.
And to think it was all done without the help of Google earth. lol
David, dismals don’t rule totally here but as I am at the time of life where weights and intricate items, such as loco trucks etc, can be aggravating at times I find that my RS3 and FA-1 locos are not too heavy and do position themselves on the rails easily (MOST of the time ). That is another reason for running Center Cabs when a short running period. particularly wintertime, is called for. I know a lot of folks have elevated systems to aid their railroad operations but here the track is still at dirt level. Good and necessary exercise I guess, even if painful. aaargh.
After waiting a week to tthink about it, I decided to paint over the paint job from hell without sanding off the old paint. Here’s what I had.
(http://www.lscdata.com/users/cabby/_forumfiles/Misc012Med.jpg)
And here is what I managed to salvage from that mess. Still have some painting and touch up to do. Ralph
(http://www.lscdata.com/users/cabby/_forumfiles/Misc040Med.jpg)
Looks like you got up on an eight count and you’re ready to finish the round. Nice work Ralph. On the way to a nice consist.
Ralph; Kadee has a great coupler conversion for the pilot of that loco…a rather easy conversion…and it works well.
Fred Mills said:Thanks Fred. I'll probably look into that. I've got three "Annies" and it would be nice to have working front couplers. Ralph
Ralph; Kadee has a great coupler conversion for the pilot of that loco.....a rather easy conversion....and it works well.
I’m almost with you there Ralph. Two “Annies”, no wye or turntable and ‘dud’ front couplers. lol
My garden always looks lovely, thanks to the efforts of the Head Gardner (my wife). She does mention some loss of interest which means some of the beauty of plants in certain areas may disappear but the other side of that coin is it will release more property for the railroad so a wye or turntable is maybe a future project.
From looking at Annie here front coupler will have to be lowered a hair more than half knuckle height to match coupler height on Bachmann’s rolling stock.
With pilot overhang, offset, whatever the right word is, on curves, might want to add extra swing.
Ralph Berg said:Good save mate.
And here is what I managed to salvage from that mess. Still have some painting and touch up to do.
Somehow all my turnouts end up being trailing point… Is that cheating?
Joe Satnik said:Switch crews will love you till the end for TP turnouts
Somehow all my turnouts end up being trailing point..... Is that cheating?