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by k36no4862002 » Sat Dec 16, 2017 8:00 am
Chris,
They look very smart it's usually a bit of rough old angle that I have on my loco.
As you may know I'm also building a Challenger and whilst I'm no way as advanced through the job as you are I do have a rolling chassis. 1 thing I have also wondered was A crash bars but also how I'm going to get it back on the rails.
I have seen the plate things that drop on the track that you can drive over and that would work in some cases. But most derailments happen on points and the plates are not always an option, so I was wondering what if the divers on the rear engine derailed? Usually with most engines we can drop off the tender and use bars to lift and move the engine over to get it back on the rails, but it's no so easy with a Challenger, especially with the drivers on the rear section.
I dont have an answer for this but I was wondering if you had thought about this? I like he idea of using the crash bars as lifting points as they seem to work Ok on my K36 but the Challenger is not a fixed frame loco that can be rerailed by simply lifting the front and then the rear to get it on the rails.
Ideas?
Paul
Paul Edmonds,
Surrey, United Kingdom.
2.5" Scale D&RGW K36, 1.6" Scale CHallenger 4-6-6-4 (still ongoing)