Sperry rail car

[larry p mahoning division]

Does anyone know of an article or a thread about converting 2 Bachman doodlebugs into a Sperry rail car?

[Missaberoad]

There's an article in the Sept/Oct 2014 issue of N Scale Railroading.

[larry p mahoning division]

Thank you.

[randgust]

Beware of white gear disease on the Bachmann drives, I ended up repowering mine with a Tomytec chassis, ran far better than the original.  The wheels literally fell off of the power truck.

[larry p mahoning division]

Good to know, thank you.

[peteski]

Beware of white gear disease on the Bachmann drives, I ended up repowering mine with a Tomytec chassis, ran far better than the original.  The wheels literally fell off of the power truck.

There is a fix for the cracked axles. See https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=49440.0
But I agree that re-powering with a Tomytec chassis is not only easier, but the mechanism is superior to Bachmann.

[Snark45]

Hi Pete

Do you happen to know the model number of the appropriate Tomytec chassis?  Thanks in advance!  harry

[delamaize]

There is a fix for the cracked axles. See https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=49440.0
But I agree that re-powering with a Tomytec chassis is not only easier, but the mechanism is superior to Bachmann.

IMHO, The repower that Randy pioneered is far superior, and, to me, was less work

[peteski]

IMHO, The repower that Randy pioneered is far superior, and, to me, was less work

That was my statement too.  But I figured that I'll mention that if someone is married to the Bachmann mechanism and its cracked white gears, a fix is possible.

Hi Pete
Do you happen to know the model number of the appropriate Tomytec chassis?  Thanks in advance!  harry

I have not done this conversions so I do not know, but @randgust  should be able to answer that.

[sirenwerks]

I'm surprised no one has created a detailed body on Shapeways.  Maybe that's a Briggs request?

[larry p mahoning division]

absolutely!

[randgust]

Here's my thread on repowering the Bachmann doodlebug.  I stretched a TM23 chassis (long one, short truck wheelbase)

https://www.therailwire.net/forum/index.php?topic=45919.0

[paggs]

I wrote an article on this project in the N scale Railroading Magazine> Oct. 2014
 www.nscalerailroadingmagazine.com/wp-content/backissues/085/NSR085.html
 

[wazzou]

I wrote an article on this project in the N scale Railroading Magazine> Oct. 2014
 www.nscalerailroadingmagazine.com/wp-content/backissues/085/NSR085.html

Mike, you should post here more often.

[sirenwerks]

I wrote an article on this project in the N scale Railroading Magazine> Oct. 2014
 www.nscalerailroadingmagazine.com/wp-content/backissues/085/NSR085.html

It would be great if NSR were available digitally...