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Post by husafreak on Aug 1, 2019 20:31:22 GMT -5
I just took delivery of a pair of AZL CP ES44AC locos and a variety of Canadian cars for it to haul around. This is a direct result of my recent summer vacation in Canada and seeing those locos in the wild. I'm not Canadian but I loved the locos. I got up close and really enjoyed seeing these modern machines. So now I have a modern train to run. Now, I am not exactly new to AZL. I got an AZL starter set with the UP GP7. But these CP engines are big! My question is why do these ES44AC AZL locos come with an extra bogey (set of wheels)? And why do these locos come with different couplers which appear to be intended for glueing to the body, as opposed to the couplers which are part of the bogeys and swivel with the wheels versus fixed to the body? I'm new enough not to know why a switch would be made and the consequences. Thanks
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Post by markm on Aug 1, 2019 21:35:03 GMT -5
AZL is giving you options for the engine nose and how you want to operate. Basically you get a truck/snow plow/coupler set. To use the snow plow, you install the truck (bogey) without the coupler, then the snow plot and a static coupler on the snow plow. Can't find the exact instructions, but this show give you the idea: www.zscalemonster.com/azl/e8_e9-truck.pdfBasically truck mounted couplers give you the flexibility to run the locomotive in a consist. While the plow adds realism, but limits the locomotive to be lead. Mark Mark |
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Post by husafreak on Aug 2, 2019 0:17:01 GMT -5
Thanks Mark. It is funny that they don't include an instruction sheet. But now I know. The instructions you linked for the E8/E9 are opposite of how my ES44AC came set up but I guess I like the loco supplied with the greatest degree of functionality. And now I can understand what was supplied, in this case the extra truck without a coupler and two coupler assemblies, one with a snow plow and the other on a flat plate, perhaps for the rear of the engine? Both of those couplers can swivel side to side in turns like the truck mounted ones. I may instal the snowplow on the lead engine as I like the idea of a snow plow on a Canadian Pacific loco! And a lot of the trains I saw up there, in Revelstoke, Kelowna, and Banff, a lot of trains I saw period, had at least a pair of engines in the lead. I got two so I could place them "back to back" in a typical arrangement.
If any of you are ever in Banff check out the Canadian Pacific store in the Fairmont Hotel. That was cool. Of course I got the obligatory ball cap and a couple of beautiful books by an author named Greg McDonnell, one about the CP and another reference book about Modern Diesel and Electric locos. Great pictures!
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Post by domi on Aug 22, 2019 16:21:05 GMT -5
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