I have the Bachmann 4-8-4 locomotive. My pilot truck derails constantly. If I remove it, it does not derail.I'd prefer to have it on the loco. Do you have any suggestions to fix it?

Nice picture of your hand during the application. Maybe put the camera on the opposite side, above or something else because I couldn't see anything.

Its a shame they are closing

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May I ask, what drill bits do you use and did you have any snap?

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Kind of think you should give back the points for coupler height since the washer removal corrected it.

Although Tangent is pricey, the stuff is always on point.

I wish Rio Grande fans would get some caboose loving from Tangent. As for the shimmy, almost all RTR freight cars I have bought require me to do the 3 pt tuning I've been doing for the past 4 decades. Speaking of coupler height, I pulled out my ExactRail Vert-a-pac car and the couplers were quite high. So high that filing the bolster on the truck will probably not do the job. I may have to go with Kadee overset couplers. As far as the brightness of the caboose marker lights go - I've been running my Athearn Genesis EV UP Kaiser caboose - those lights are blazing super bright.

I thought the car rode high; at first glance. Did the washers lower it .030”?

I have a issue with my old scale trains C44-9W locomotive, it's not running or making any sound, whtfck should I do with it??

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Are those insulated washers for electrical ground as well?

Looks nice but personally for the price I would go with the genesis Dcc cabooses which come with sound ( unnecessary but nice to have)

Hey Dan. Glad you're back to car reviews. Thanks for sharing. I'm personally giving that caboose an 85 or 90 score. Out of the too high coupler, I got nothing to say at all on it. I also saw a bit of too much liquid glue on one side step. Pretty easy to hide with a bit of weathering. From my point of view, that car is near to perfect. Tangent rarely miss the target. Keep on your good work.

I found another reviewer on another rolling stock product from Rapido that resulted in an assessment failure. It was so bad that he had to end the review earlier than usual. The person said, "Don't waste your time on this product; run for this hills!"

This product would have failed my product assessment. We tested the same model, and we gave it an "F". Body wobble with less resistance and non-conformance coupler height results in an automatic failure. I would avoid this model at all cost. Tangent could do better than that!

I hope these ICC bay windows are popular enough for Tangent to do the CNW patterns. The only other proper looking CNW bay windows on the market are the Walthers ones that are quite old and uncommon.

We have its sister RI 17174/UP 24592 at the Portola Railroad Museum in Portola CA. I worked on it when I was a brakeman in the mid 1980's, so it was worn out to the extent it wobbled as it went down the track. The marker lights being dim during daylight hours isn't a real issue since the caboose lights weren't all that bright on the prototype. Where you want to see them is in dim light and at night to protect from trains following it. Tangent did a good job on the caboose since it looks like a carbon copy to our caboose. Enjoyed your review.

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Is there interior detail as well? For that price point I hope there is and what I mean by hope is up to cab interior standards. I have to mention since I been watching your videos for a while I know the coupler height always seems to fail. I’m curious if you did a batch of caboose or cars of the same make and model if they all have it, or is the coupler and truck issue a result of someone just in a hurry to get home at 5pm on a Friday

$125! Nice caboose but that’s asking a lot of money. I support the deductions except for 🎉washers on the trucks. Extra parts are always nice.

Can Tangent do it again? Let’s watch the Standards and Operation category and find out

Very nice caboose. That price is pretty high. Nice review !!!!!

Great looking caboose, and I like the lights with the wand. Dan, so you took points for coupler height and commended Tangent for putting washers on for adjustment. I would be willing to let this one go because they give you the option to easily adjust. I would almost say the same for the car body wobble, an easy fix.

The Tangent interior video lighting is pretty poor on their cabooses ... I did buy one ... with no plans to buy another. They say it's prototypical ... but is so dim it's useless.

My layout is a 4.5x7.5 HO freelance roundy-round spaghetti bowl porcelain pacific (it sits on a nice porcelain tile surface, not plywood). You could say I haven't gone full commitment to the hobby yet and the space I have available for it has some limitations that discourage benchwork, complex wiring, and a fully sceniced layout. Ultimately I just wanted trains back in my life so I'm working within some constraints that still allow me to get back into the hobby. Basic DC control, Nickel Silver Bachmann EZ track, 18 in radius curves, 18 in diverging radius turnouts, #4 turnouts, and a 30 degree crossing gets me a flat twice around with a small 3 track classification yard and 5 industrial spurs for continuous running and some switching ops. I grew up in south San Jose, so I like to think that it is inspired somewhat by the trackage that in the '60s was known as SP's Gilroy Subdivision. I have adjusted the location names to protect the innocent and call it the "Gilcrest Sub" running south from "Santa Carla," through "Morgan," to "Gilcrest." In this case "Santa Carla" is supposed to represent the city of San Jose, not the neighboring Santa Clara or Santa Cruz on the other side of the mountains (fondly remembering the Lost Boys movie fictional beach town of Santa Carla)

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Thats a very nice model. Thanks for the review

I think my personal favourite layout (if you can call a detailed garden railway a layout) I’ve ever seen is the Peckfordton Light Railway, which is proto-freelance; all the equipment is period-correct, there’s a realistic timetable, and the names of all the people and businesses are taken from real historical census data - but the line itself never existed. It’s a historically-plausible what-if, basically. In my own modelling, I don’t really fit into any of the common categories; I guess I’m also proto-freelance, or possibly just a weird sort of freelance, in that I’m trying to model something specific, but the prototype is entirely fictional. It’s not meant to be Earth or anything - it’s a totally fantasy setting with its own worldbuilding and history. I’ve had to bodge some things to make it all work but getting to model a world I created is very fun :)) Overall I have a lot of respect for anyone who puts a lot of effort into modelling; I think you’re absolutely right that there’s no wrong way to enjoy this hobby :))

Yeah... I failed at layout... I'm an HO scaler wanting to build a layout centered around CPR operations around Sherbrooke Qc. in summer 1989... My layout is N scale proto-freelance CPR set in the mid 60's just because I got an N scale S3 switcher in the tuscan and grey scheme. Mind you, the whole space situation in the house is not condusive for my plans of grandeur... 8"x8' is a perfectly valid N scale switching layout size... it actually feels huge!! Love it!!

I totally appreciate what you are doing. The wife has pretty much signed off on a ceiling loop in ho/On30 , i have a portable ho imagineered Durango flavor very whimsical and planning a 70s ish Santa Fe branch 60-70% prototype southwest switching shelves around the train room in the future. 3 completely different concepts. Maybe make a place in the garden for some G that i have equipment for.

I’ve seen each side of the spectrum. No wrong way to go about it as long as your goals are met at the end. I’m suprised you never mentioned the Utah belt which is a very famous free lanced layout that I know of. Then you have La mesa Model railroad club on the other side for strict prototype modeling.

Excellent review !!!!!

I found myself to be in a mix of two mindsets. Firstly a complete free-lance mind. I don't care what comes onto the layout as long as it takes my fancy. Then prototypical...let's just say, if you ever Google earth Rapid City, if you cut out the old CNW Right Of Way from the area, Rapid City makes for a very interesting N scale shelf layout if done correctly...it's three yards operating as one...though someone local might be able to answer this, but when I was a kid it was three yards...so I'm curious on why the RCPE stopped using the collection of spurs that run on the northern part of Steel Ave. Park, and cross Rapid Creek. I think I might try and set up some rules regarding integrating the tracks in Rapid City into my N scale railroad...with rules such as that only RCPE, CP, DM&E, or CNW engines can only serve those yards. (BTW that's in order from current operator to oldest)...ohhh...that gives me ideas....maybe I can sneak my current location's track plan in too...so ex-CNW RoW mixed with ex-B&O/NYC RoW....

I feel that protolance is the best medium. I'm currently planning a broadly prototypical C&NW layout with the very broad '1980s' timeframe. The layout itself is going to be as prototypical as I can manage as far as trackage and scenery goes. The freelanced aspect comes in from some of my motive power, because there are some locomotive types that I like that the Northwestern never owned, particularly first model SD60Ms, SD45-2s, and CF7s. Additionally, there are some operational liberties taken because I like cabooses, however CNW finally discontinued use of cabooses in 1986, and as such things like Dash 8s and SD60s never really ran with them. Overall, best practice in my mind is to do what you like, and if you can realistically explain some of your freelance decisions all the better, but it's not necessary.

Or "car storage" for that grain elevator too..

I have a small 4x8 layout that I consider a prototype theme or concept layout for Southern Pacific in the 70s 80s time period. Nothing is exactly prototype except for some excellent Athearn and Walthers SP diesels and cabosses. It represents what the SP might look like almost anywhere on the system that was flat (no mountains LOL). I also named my very non prototypical station for the Pomona/City of Industry area because it lets me use Union Pacific and Amtrak equipment as well. I just switch stuff out when I want.

Good discussion. I’m proto-freelance. My motto is: “My World, My Railroad, My Rules”.

Great model, fantastic detail. I always have loved the blue and yellow combination.

That looks like a lot of fun. Really nice video. Thanks. I’m going to check it out one of these days.

Some amazing things to see !!!!! The moving stuff was great. Loved the fog machines. How many folks visited this event ??

from head on you would pass as my brothers twin. when watching you I feel like he’s telling me what to do all over again being he was the older brother ha ha ha. Keep up the good work enjoying the videos.

Bodaciously wicked. Yikes! I like this music better than "Monsta Mash"!

Dan and Nichole, Happy All Hallows Eve.

Very Nice...Very Well done...Very Enjoyable...Thank You...

Whatever happened to the completed model overview? Part 6? Come on, man!!

That was cool..

This is so cool! I love the display! Happy Halloween.