Large Scale Central

Big Hauler 0-4-0

John Caughey said:

Devon,

I bet you could shove a mack drive into this lovely…

The tender is hinged at the draw bar.

Oh man, that is one cool creature!
The tender may be hinged at the drawbar, but I wonder whether the thing’s designer was fully hinged or not.

Playing in Google found an image of it sans tender house https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:O_and_C_Photo_01_(8072079456)_(2).jpg

That thing says “Birdwater and Raspberry” all over it; wonder whether Bruce Bates knew of it while he was with us.

There is a prototype for (most) everything.

Regarding curves -

I can’t speak to the stock Bachman couplers as I took them off, but the Spectrum version with Accucraft couplers will handle R1 (4ft Dia) S-Curves with no issue. I use mine as a local switcher in areas my other locos can’t go.