Hey !

I had the same problem.....

They are not visable from downside in contrary to the description....

Just open the tender and have a look at the electric mainboard.

On each corner is a cable which just runs down to the boogies.

Hope, that helps !

Hello all friends of the 2-6-6-2 Mallet !

Today I found by chance a seriuos problem on my loco (purchased last week in Shanghai at Bachmann).

I removed the boiler, just to have a look for the planned installation of a sound decoder.

Because I am an engineer, I touch everything to find out, if it is well fixed.

So I also touched the motor of the rear truck. It was shaking!

After dissmounting the truck from the loco and dissassembling the motor holder (6 srews, not 4 as desribed in the manual), I found out that the two screws, which fix the motor from downside to that holder, were loose!

I repaired that thing, but I want to tell everybody who has such a loco, to carefully check the motor fixation.

I think, if one bolt falls into the gearbox, this will cause serious damage.

I hope, that will help.

By the way, if you have very thin and long finger, you can check if the motor is shaking also without dismantling the boiler !

Udo

Hi "Engineer" !

My spectrum 4-4-0 runs LGB radius R1.

But to get it, you have to modify the front wheel bogie.

I just placed it about 3 millimeters mor to the front, so the wheels will not touch the cylinders.

This modification does not affect the appearance of the loco, but, frankly spoken, to go through R1 looks ugly!

I only did this, to make the loco able to reach some narrow stands.

Udo

Dear Bachmann,

I am an unpatient guy, so I could not wait for any information about installing ESU decoders in the 2-6-6-2.

Over the weekend, I just tried.

I used the additional prewired board from the acessory bag an just connected a ESU lok pilot (without sound) as described in your advice for the K27.

It was working perfect, motion / loghts etc.

I worried a littel bit to use the same bord in the K27, because the installed dummy boards look quite different.

The description in the manuals of both locos regarding the pin configuration are nearly the same, despite some minor difference (the 2-6-6-2 has two chuff connections).

So I just ried to plug the board from the 2-6-6-2 with the connected ESU lok pilot into the K 27.

It was working !

Motion / lights/ steam OK.

In the moment I cannot try the same with the ESU Loksound decoder, because I don't have them, I am waiting for it.

But to be prepared, I have some question:

The K27 has two optical sensors, one in each cylinder.

On the board you can choose by a jumper two or four chuffs per revolution.

The 2-6-6-2 also has two optical sensors, but in different drives (high / low pressure).

So, if I use the "Chuff 1" connection I have only two chuffs per revolution, correct ?

My question is: can I just put "Chuff 1" and "Chuff 2" together in the same input at the decoder to get 4 chuffs ?

That means in the K27 the jumper just connects the two sensors, correct ?

By the way, today I made a second prewired board with the cabling just like that from the 2-6-6-2 to be prepared for the installation in the K27. That material cost me less than 50 cents (I could make three bords out of that).

Thanks in advance for your comments !

Udo

Hi Dave,

the prices for Bachmann are lower than in the US, a K26 is about 6300RMB, that is about 650€.
The 2-6-6-2 is about 5500RMB. A Spectrum Gondola is about 800RMB.

Because i am member of the local Bachmann Club, I get 15% discount.

The problem is here, that you cannot order special stuff in the shops (Bachmann has 3 shops in Shanghai). So you must always have a look what they just have.

With stuff from other manufacturers it is very difficult here.

I have a supplier in Hong Kong, who has a small shop in Shanghai too. But the stuff in G is very limited.

Mostly he has imported LGB, but for that the prices are high.

Hello all,

I am new in this forum.

I am a German who lives in China close to Shanghai.

Earlier in Germany I was a fan of G track (LGB). Here in China, I found out, that Bachmann is here.

So I started my old hobby with the equipment of Bachmann.

First I purchased a stater packes (Bachmann Circus train), which was well working on the enclesed circle, but did not satisfy my whishes.
Then I have seen in the Bachmann shop Shanghai an "American 4-4-0" which I immediatetly bought.

But that was not working on the narrow radius added to my circus tarin. So I had to buy LGB tracks "R3".

Later I had a trip to Germany and bought some control unit from "Lenz" and some decoders from ESU.

After installing that, the two locos were running very well with DCC.

But, now, the "Bachmann Fever" got me.

I have besides some wagons purchased a K 27 and a Mallet 2-6-6-2.

Because i want to use ESU decoders only, I have ordered some ESU Loksound XL via a dealer in Hong Kong. He is a good guy and very helpfull.

The decoders did not yet arrive and I am waiting for that.

Meanwhile I looked in the internet how to install that devices in the Bachmann locos.

The K 27 seams not to be a problem. Bachmann has a nice instruction for that.

But, as I unpacked my 2-6-6-2, I found out, that there is some difference in the dummy board.

So I have some question:

can I install the ESU Loksound XL in the same way as in the K27 (that menas using the additional prewired board and connect as described for the K 27)?

May be somebody has made some experience with that stuff.

There is another question regarding the K 27.

My loco does not have any track power supply in the tender.

Only the loco itself gets the track power.

I have bought this one about two month ago in Shanghai Bachmann shop Wuding Road.

Has that already the new counterweights ?

Thanks for anybodiesw help in advance !!

Udo