No.45 Is your Bachmann A1?– a follow up to adding weight to Bachmann A4s
Following my last post with ideas for improving the haulage capacity of the Bachmann A4s (old and new) I am suggesting ways here which I think improve the performance of the Bachmann A1s. A1 Silurian Darlington Bank Top early 1960s Coming from the North East I have to say that I think Thompson’s A1 Pacifics were one of the most handsome and certainly most powerful engines to grace the East Coast Mainline. The photograph above dating from around 1961 shows Silurian, 60121, at the south end of Darlington Station (light engine), waiting for the right of way back to its Home Shed 50A, York. I am very impressed with my Bachmann A1 models which seem to both capture the character and the power of the prototype engines. Having said all that I still found it necessary to make a few alterations to improve their tractive effort The first and most obvious alteration to make is to remove the two springs, one from the front bogie, and the other from the ...