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Just happened across this very good (older) discussion Tender Drive for Steam,...thinking out loud...

In the length of just going around that 180 degree turn it seems to well over itself by quite a margin?

Found a youtube video for this specific Roco BR43 engine that appears to support that it pulls long trains, and I think this is a...

From what I understand it was a very poor design,... that likely contributed to the many negative responses I have heard about this...

RhB Michael, What particular engine/manufacture is that beauty?

Roco, Piko, and other European manufacturers commonly use this method for powering tender locomotives. Both boiler and tender are quite...

I wrote this recently,.. "I experimented with that recently in just plain old DC mode. I used an Atlas S2 (die-cast frame, very heavy)...

another quote on that other forum,..

..from that other forum as well,..

from another forum,.. Tender Driven Pusher Actually that Fleischmann idea looks like an interesting approach. Tender driven...

What if you went to work for a model rr company, and was tasked with designing a new steam engine locomotive product? Are there...

Thanks for all the helpful suggestions. Let me clear up one item, that RSD 15 decoder board in the photo above is NOT the particular...

I'm pretty new to this decoder installation subject, and I have a particular installation problem. I'm removing the decoder/electronics...

We all know we can double or even triple up our diesels to get the pulling power we want. Its the steam engines we need to help, so we...

Woodworking Shops generate a LOT of sawdust. Aren't you worried about keeping this out of the layout spaces??