Bachmann Loco

Jul 07, 2006 10 Replies

I have noticed with quite a few Bachmann 00 locos a side to side wobble when running. Panniers / 08's / Jitneys, in fact most 030 chassis. Can this problem be corrected.


Paul said the following on 07/07/2006 06:56:

Probably by putting the other three wheels back on :-)

"Paul" wrote

It also happened with the prototype, with 03 & 04s particularly.

John.

Ignore him Paul, this is an international site and people here use

0-3-0!

Can I be the first "UK.rec.models.rail" - I suppose if we go for English, Scots etc it could be considered international. But the sensible questions include is this only at high speed. Whilst a number of the first Jinty batch were absolute crap it was more of a wont run than wobble, or perhaps lurch in the general direction... Only on straight bits, over points, sharp curves etc.... Is youre track any good, can you try a wobbler on someone elses track, or someone elses none wobbler on yours ?

Cruel perhaps, but hope it helps to get started. Simon

"peter abraham" wrote

It's a site for UK enthusiasts Peter, and the standard Whyte notation is

0-6-0 for UK prototypes.

|John.

On 07/07/2006 19:36, peter abraham said,

No, this is about UK railways - read the charter posted here every month, or the newsgroup title for that matter. As such, there is no such thing as an 0-3-0 - in fact I'm not sure that this is even used internationally.

I expect the French would have used 030 for what we would call an

0-6-0.

But I know of at least two classes of 0-3-0, and there's even one running in preservation in India. See

formatting link
Tim

And, nearer to home, there is always the Listowel and Ballybunion in Ireland, which ran some 0-3-0's.

- Nigel

yes but that was a really bizarre three rail monorail........... with definately major problems with balance.....should have been a politician... beowulf

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