Will They Run? - Two N Scale Atlas 0-4-0 Steam Locomotives - Trains with Shane Ep40
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- Опубліковано 18 кві 2022
- Sorry about the late upload. Had a busy Easter weekend.
I picked up a few Atlas (made by Rivarossi) 0-4-0 locomotives off of eBay last week. One of them is in real nice shape. The other, not so much. Let's see if we can get them running.
Here is the Spookshow page about this specific unit
www.spookshow.net/loco/riv040....
Take the drawbar out and roll the pieces of shim metal to make them flat. The drawbar can be used in any orientation find the one that gives the best operation to.
cute little engines
I have one with the RR can upgraded with a new magnet tape field and a 5 pole armature by Tenshodo.
It's an amazing critter.
thanks for your video.
I'm not to the point of repowering or performing electrical upgrades to my locomotives just yet. Well aside from doing questionable DCC installs. lol.
Ijust bought the conversion.
I would not try to open the can myself.
😂😂
@@carlosbernasconi4965 LOL. a boxed conversion kit is something I could attempt.
Originally they all came undecorated with a decal set in the box. Their power pickup was iffy. I loved mine but a switcher needs working couplers front and back.
The brushes wore down quickly. W Alsdorf
yeah switching needs good slow speed pickup. and it needs to be over a wide area for unpowered frogs and stuff.
these two locos where first made in the 70 to early 90 change tender wheels out with atlas code 55 wheels like you said the original wheels are to small drawbar metal was bent because it was a little to long
Try replacing the two contact strips on the drawback with two lengths of copper wire with loops on the ends for the screws and the plastic between them for insulation. Just a thought.
Yay for shag carpet!
My brother had the HO version of the 0-4-0. I really liked that thing!
Both of these will be available (together) as a giveaway prize once we hit 1000 subscribers. Which will hopefully be soon, only 45 more to go.
Interesting that the front badge on the smoke box door is stamped 96. My Bachmann 0-4-0 "shifter" is #96. Marked as PRR.
I imagine for cost savings they just left the cast in # on this one even though it's "Unmarked"
You mentioned the quartering but there is no quartering on this loco; the front axle is not connected to the rear axle like a prototype would have. Both axles run off the same gear but it doesn't matter how the front axle is situated.
If they don't run right one driver probably skipped a tooth
With these old units with the "pizza cutter" wheel flanges running them on Kato Unitrack can be troublesome. The wheels will sometimes rise up through the turnouts and rerailers.
You're probably right. Although I haven't had any other trouble with any very old stuff on these turnouts wanting to jump around. It may be a combination of huge flanges and bad wheel gauge.
The first n gauge train set i got for Christmas was this engine and four cars in 1968 think my mother paid about 20.00 for it!
That was quite a bit of money back then from what I understand.
Yes it was.
They came with a decal sheet of roadnames
They were long gone from my examples unfortunately
Usually under the plastic wrapped in the instructions. Check it out if it's complete
I just built the 1/8 scale of that engine, runs on two truck batteries
I'll bet that was one heck of a project!!
@@Trains-With-Shane oh gosh, it really was, 4 years. I bought the castings and machined them. You can buy a kit, just put it together, but it’s 25k$
@@tomcook5813 Jeeze. I'd have to ditch at least 2 of my project vehicles to fund that! Possibly the entire fleet, lol.
Truck could be to tight. And be realistic the loco is very light
May I ask the grit # of the sandpaper you used?
Unfortunately the remaining piece I have left doesn't have the grit on the back, But I think it's ~600. It's 3M 213Q Wet/Dry
I use 400..works ok
@@geoffreyaudsley5033 Thanks, Geoffrey.
@@Trains-With-Shane Thank you!
@@keithludowitz9637 used 400 2day might reconsider and use 600. On inspection its a tad severe