Re: Bachmann USRA Heavy Mountains

The steps aren't attached to the tender because the C&O passenger tenders didn't have rear footboards.

Why did Bachmann include the steps? do you think they may have a C&O freight loco in the planning stages that would use the same tender?

Hmmm...........

I could go for that too, Dan.

Den

I think having the rear tender footboard is a plus. They've got them on the long coal tender for the "regular" heavy Mountain as well. However, at least on the undecs, the tender steps came attached.

-- Cheers Roger T.

What do you get if you take the boiler from a URRA Heavy Mountain, the mechanism from a Chinese QJ 2-10-2 and the tender from the C&O J-2? ;.)

Combo QJ-22 with fried rice and eggroll?

Andy

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One point is that they should have said "don't attach footboards." Has anybody heard a rumor that Bachmann is going to do a K-3a? I would think the Vandy could be used behind the USRA light Mallet, the C&O H-5. Apparently Bachmann didn't even think of that idea. Anyway, mine pulled seventeen freight cars up our helixes, one of which has a hump in it raising the grade to probably 4% at one point. Gene ABV61-1043.001.HCB

The C&O H-5 never used a Vanderbilt tender. One H-4a loco did. The 16000 gallon Vanderbilt tenders were also used behind 2-8-2s, 4-6-2s, 2-10-2s, and

John Glaab Peach Creek Shops