Bachmann Western Pacific 2-8-0

[Nato]

                :|I now have back my Bachmann Western Pacific 2-8-0 which Bob Gilmore had taken to disassemble and put back together as the factory had put it together badly, so the pilot touched the rails. It was pretty easy to take apart and put back together, but Bob and I both got busy with other projects and I did not get it back until a week a go. It now runs fine on my DC layout, but will be operated in DCC on the Wasatch N Scale Layout http://www.wasatchnscale.org .The outside braced caboose was a project started by Kent Hunt in the late 1980's and finished up by myself.

Nate wants me to 'splain about taking the engine apart and fixing the problem.  The problem was that the body casting wasn't fully back on the frame far enough, and when the pilot steps, which are attached with a screw to the front of the frame were mounted in their respective holes on the boiler, it would bend the pilot downward enough to make it rub the railheads.  I initially thought it would be complicated, but when I looked closely at the model, I noticed that on the bottom of the boiler, the metal innards were protruding just enough to keep the body from sliding back.  I simply squeezed the boiler casting downwards and with a "click" it slid over the protrusion and also slid backwards to its correct position.  I then re-mounted the pilot steps into their mounting holes on the boiler sides and VOILA!!...all was well!  Thankfully a simple solution!    (Bob Gilmore)
                                                                                                                           
Nate Goodman.

Photo 1 - Bachmann Western Pacific 2-8-0 with WP Caboose at Branchline Yard on my layout:


Photo 2 - Western Pacific outside braced caboose, a modified MT car, and Bachmann WP 2-8-0:

                                                                                                                                                                                 

[JMaurer1]

Am I the only one missing the photos?

[SP-Wolf]

Nope -- no photos for me.

Wolf

[Albersala]

I can´t see any either.

[MK]

Negative on the photo.  They are not links either.

[peteski]

Al I see it the typical thing when a Google images are not shown:  A gray circle with a white line in it (I call it a "do not enter" sign since it looks like a gray version of the red European "do not enter" traffic sign).  It likely means that I do not have permission to view the image (hence, "do not enter").

[nscalbitz]

Al I see it the typical thing when a Google images are not shown:  A gray circle with a white line in it (I call it a "do not enter" sign since it looks like a gray version of the red European "do not enter" traffic sign).  It likely means that I do not have permission to view the image (hence, "do not enter").

Don't even get that- just a bit of gray space equal to a short paragraph between heads.
With all blockers Little Snitch and Ghostery off still nothing appears- Nate?
regards
d

[peteski]

Those photos are probably Bob's.  @robert3985 , looks like Google is acting up again. 

[thomasjmdavis]

What I see is:

Photo 1 - Bachmann Western Pacific 2-8-0 with WP Caboose at Branchline Yard on my layout:


Photo 2 - Western Pacific outside braced caboose, a modified MT car, and Bachmann WP 2-8-0:

But no actual photos

[robert3985]

Yup, I took the photos and the photo location is at my googlephotos account, uploaded automatically from my Google Pixel 2 XL phone which gives me unlimited storage there for two years.  However I loaded them to TRW while signed on in Nate's account, so I can't fix the problem here at home, but let me see if I can re-load them from here in this comment....Give me a few minutes.

Photo 1 - Bachmann Western Pacific 2-8-0 with WP Caboose at Branchline Yard on my (Nate's) layout:


Photo 2 - Western Pacific outside braced caboose, a modified MT car, and Bachmann WP 2-8-0:


I hope that solved the problem!

I really like these little Bachmann engines...just wish they were closer to the Harriman version used by the U.P. and S.P. 

I apologize for the delay in catching this problem, but...I've been busy getting my new computer build up and running with Win10 Pro...so I haven't checked TRW for a couple of days.

Cheerio!
Bob Gilmore

[peteski]

Thanks Bob - photos are now visible and looking good!

[robert3985]

Interesting.  When I loaded them to Nate's comment, I hadn't put them into a folder yet.  I made a comment to Nate about that, but they showed up when we previewed his comment, so I didn't think there would be a problem.  When I posted them in my comment, I also put them into a folder in my googlephotos account, so it could be that photos kept at googlephotos need to be in a folder before they show up here.

Anyway, it took care of the problem I am happy to see!

Peter...GO TO BED! 

Cheerio!
Bob Gilmore

[peteski]

Peter...GO TO BED! 

Cheerio!
Bob Gilmore

You too!
I'm a creature of the night - I sleep when the sun is up. 

BTW, I can only see the photos in your post - photos in Nate's post still don't show up.

[Nato]

 :              All You "Creatures of the Night" ,you must be vampires, oh wait a minute, as an amateur  astronomer  I' am also one of those creatures. When I looked the next day after we posted the photos were there, so go figure why Goo Goo as I call it messed up later.           Nate Goodman (Nato).