Thanks Bob for your reply.  I am doing what you suggest and we'll see what eventuates

I have recently received two Bachmann 2-8-0's new.  I ordered these to double-head ore trains through my mountain range.
They run at totally different speeds so that is impossible.  Both are UP. How do I change the gearing on the fastest one?
Beatrs me how Bachmann can market two indentical locos that run at different speeds.

jack Coomer
Queensland Australia

Yes it does have the two flywheels but while it looks terrific it lacks tractive effort. in fact both the Bachmann Mountain and the Berkshire with dcc onboard I consider gutless.
The Bachmann 2-8-0 Consolidation will outpull both of these.

Thanks, Rich.
Now I know what to do. I can buy a 240v to 16v 2va transformer here for $9
Australian mains voltage is 240
Jakuma, Queensland. Australia

When I buy an E-Z Controller can I plug it straight into the house voltage or do I need to buy a transformer to supply the Controllers input voltage?
If so what is the Controllers input voltage?
Then do I just connect the Controllers output directly to the track to run my DCC 'on board' Consolidations?
And Yeh! I'm a babe in the woods!

On30 has a totally different meaning in Australia than in the US. While On30 may mean 1/4 inch to the foot scale on 3 foot track it also means 1/4 inch scale on 2 ft 6 inch track.  That is while 30 may mean 3 ft it can also mean 30 inches.
There is little, if any, 3ft track in Australia, but there has been and still is much 2ft 6inch track both on private now tourist railways and cane fields although the cane fields have converted to 2ft track. (All diesels on concrete ties)
The track Bachmann runs on is 5/8 inch (common to HO)  5/8 inch when scaled to 1/4 inch is 2ft 6 inches so On30 fits perfectly for modelling in O scale on narrow gauge, 2ft 6in.
We used to model On2 1/2. On30 sounds much neater.
Incidentally the most commmon 2ft 6 inch track locos used in Australian tourist railways are Baldwin 2-6-2 tankers cc 1902

I'm confused about the colour of the counterweights on the 2-8-0.
I bought two, both black.  What colour should I paint the counterweights?

For one thing On30 scale is acceptable in Australia as O on 30 inches (2ft 6ins) of which there is or has been several major branch railways.
Three foot guage is practically unknown in Australia.
So this scale, on30, has two totally different meanings depending in which part of the world you are.