What idiot designed the 0-4-4 ?
When you want to test run the chassis you have to put the non-driving wheels in as well. Most locos will trundle up and down the test track with only the coupled wheels fitted. Not this time as the back drags along the track.
With the mechanical bits fitted I have to assemble the bogie and the screw it in with that fiendishly fiddly attachment comprising springs and washers. This is needed because even with the bogie in place you have to prop up the front. What is the point of this ?
Anyway, it works. With the rods reamed out the wheels rotate and all is fine. Watching a chassis you’ve built yourself perambulate back and forth along the track is one of the more satisfying things that happens in this fine hobby.
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