What are peoples thoughts on the U.S. style LGB 2-4-0? (reliability, pulling power, problems/issues)
Thanks for your input.
Thanks for your input.
I was warned about this as well being advised that fitting a Chip would trash the Chip. I got my two at £99 each from the Shop in York. Mine have had all the Boards taken out with the wiring direct to my Battery System, no lights but it all works well.They are great pullers I had 2 loco,s only that I made into a Garrett would pull a house side down. I did hear that some that were made around time of lgb collapse had been left in a damp warehouse resulting in corroded circuit boards that were prone to fail. Buy one if cheap enough, I still have the Xmas one with sound in tender.
That's the one I have one of the wooden boards on my tender is missingI just added another of the LGB line of 2-4-0 locomotives, except this one is a large 0-4-0, # 22232.. It's the same locomotive as the 20230, 20231, 20232 and 21232 except the lead truck was left off to make it an 0-4-0. It's in Great Northern Livery with a Vanderbilt Tender. It had OEM sound when I got it used last month but the chuff speed was too slow and there was no adjustment. Out it came and was replaced with an aftermarket sound system (Hyde-Out Mountain for Steam, available on eBay for $34.95 USD) The sound is perfect now and tracks perfectly with the speed of the drivers.
One thing that I discovered is that there is no documentation on the Vanderbilt Tender. I contacted the Marklin-LGB site and they told me that they were not involved in the development of this locomotive and tender combination. This is not good because mine was missing the foot steps on the corners of the tender as well as two walking boards and the oil fill door. Since there is no parts list, was no way to order these parts so I fabricated them. The locomotive portion is the same as the other 2-4-0 versions so there's no problem there. These are my favorites of the LGB line and one of the few American locomotives that they offer.View attachment 252669
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