Can the Bachman Spectrum J Class 611 Run on 18” Radius Curves
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- čas přidán 18. 03. 2019
- Cameron’s Trains: / @cameronstrainsadventures
Yes, I know what I’m doing can be dangerous for a locomotive like this, but considering the age of it, I thought it needed to be done, and to everyone who needs to know about this before buying a locomotive that is a size like this one. Hope you enjoyed it. ;)
P.S. While I did this video, this also goes out to modern locomotives that are recommended to run on 22" Radius curves. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Just a personal note from an H0 4884 Big Boy owner. It is not the detail ( Detail as features, though they can obstruct ) it is the length of the locomotive and the length of each car that will establish what radius you will need because of the way either the engine and the cars overhang on the corners ( at a minuim respectfully ) this can causes derailments making cars to uncouple and engines to run into landscape, tunnels, bridges and oncoming trains. The wider the radius usually the better...one fellow said use this equation...the length of your longest engine or car times 3.5 divided by 2 and that is the radius you should be using ( example: 15" car length x 3.5 = 52" diameter divided by 2 = 26" radius + or -). It also helps to make the train run prototypical in you set up rather than like a toy train. The other key element is to slow the rig down to scale speed.
I just bought one of these from the new batch. Mostly will be a shelf queen but I am happy that it'll go around the 18" curves when absolutely necessary! The small amount of running I'll do on those curves shouldn't damage the loco. Thanks for posting this video, it's still helping people more than 4 years later!
Yeah, I didn’t know whether it be a good video or not back then. I actually forgot I made this. Lol. You’re welcome btw.
@@skylitejunction5589 haha yeah very helpful. Everywhere says recommended 22" radius, but no one else has clarified whether it can physically do 18" or not.
@@westernnewyorkrailfan For real. Lol.
This is the most scariest thing I’ve everwatched
Was it really? I never thought it would be.
@@skylitejunction5589 well it could bend the wheel axels or break the gears for the worst or just make the flanges bend
@@NorfolkAndWestern611 Oh. I don’t think any of that would really happen. The axels, flanges, and connecting rods are all made of metal, and they’re pretty strong. They can take a good beating, but I do see your point. Same with the gears. I’m sure they used metal gears in this thing unlike the crappy nylon gears they used back in the day. I only tried this one for fun, but never did it again.
@@skylitejunction5589 yeah lol those nylon gears suck
@@NorfolkAndWestern611 Yes they do. 😂😂
Nice ho scale layout thing, I got my first Norfolk southern train set for my birthday which was a couple days ago
Good experiment. Surprising she went round but she did. In full size, I'm sure there would be a very low speed limit. Cracking the throttle open and doing 90 would be a no no lol.
Seabreeze Station You are absolutely right on that. I was scared out of my mind on what she was going to do, or what was going to happen. For a loco this size, I was surprised that she made it through almost like it wasn’t a problem. Since all eight drivers are flanged, it’s still impressive that it made it through. There are some ones that can make it through 18” Radius without slowing down, those are the more earlier ones that Bachmann made during the Spectrum line when Horn and Hook couplings were a thing. I would get that. But I’m so glad I got 22” inch radius on the line, and she doesn’t slow down on them in the slightest.
24-inch is best. the bachmann driving wheels are actually smaller than the prototype.
I run it on 22” radius. It still performs really good around the curves. I am planning to fit a bit wider curves when I build a layout.
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