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 Posted - August 03 2014 : 8:12:23 PM
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I want to use a bachmann overland 4-8-4 tender on a Mantua. How do I go about adding pick up? What wheel sets will fit in there that picks up power on one side only? I was thinking of wiring in a pair of wipers. The wheels is what got me!
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Posted - August 03 2014 : 8:40:39 PM
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Wheels maybe 36". Don't look as if they're 33".
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Posted - August 05 2014 : 9:59:31 PM
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Can you measure the wheels with a dial caliper?
And maybe post a picture of the tender underside?
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Posted - August 06 2014 : 07:54:32 AM
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Many older tenders had brass or insulated wheels on them for pick-up. Might be worth picking up some used tenders at the next show. I don't know if insulated wheel sets for one side only are sold in sets, to tell the truth. Interesting question.
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Posted - August 06 2014 : 3:34:00 PM
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http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/HO-Scale-Trucks-Wheelsets-s/1469.htm?searching=Y&sort=3&cat=1469&show=30&page=1&brand=Intermountain
http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Tangent-Scale-Models-HO-36-Metal-Wheel-Sets-12-p/tsm-122.htm
Steer clear of P2K wheels, since their plastic axles rule out axle wipers.
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Posted - August 08 2014 : 5:06:36 PM
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I just had a chance to look at a Bachmann tender to which I added metal wheels a while back, but never got any farther with it. It was from a pre-spectrum Reading 2-8-0. Originally, it had plastic wheels in some fairly large diameter. The axles were not very pointed on the end, but more rounded. It looks like I reamed out the journals to a cone shape using an exxact socket tool (http://www.modeltrainstuff.com/Reboxx-HO-T-100-Exxact-Socket-Tool-p/rbx-t100.htm) and added some brass, one-side-insulated 36" wheelsets from Northwest Shortline. The original wheels were even bigger than that, so the coupler ends up a bit low, but I'll adjust that higher. When I converted it to Kadees, I used a shim to adjust it lower, so I think I can just go back and remove the shim.
Also, I'll add phosphor bronze pickup wipers to the axles and tie them in with the tender frame using flexible wire.
I don't know if any of this helps, because I don't know whether your tender is designed along the same lines as the one on the 2-8-0, but in case it is, I figured I'd throw the information out there.
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Posted - August 18 2014 : 09:41:28 AM
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I came across this article for upgrading the Bachmann 4-4-0, which I intend to do when I get around to it. However, it's a good tutorial on adding tender pick-up using readily available Kadee wheels and coupler springs.
http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/1879/bachmann_4-4-0/sound/
Rich
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