What are these

[Aussie 3 railer]

Morning all,

Can someone tell me what these are and what they might be used for. They are on a Bachmann LMS.

They are thin spring wire and are just glued into plastic and don't appear to be connected Ted to anything.

Dirk

[RogerB]

Can you post an image Dirk? R-

[Aussie 3 railer]

Would certainly help wouldn't it. Completely forgot.

[Stese]

They look like dummy sanding pipes....

[508035]

You are absolutely correct Stese, that is exactly what they are.

[Aussie 3 railer]

Would that happen to be a typo I guess do you mean STANDING pipes. I thought they could be that but no one else seems to have them.

[Rog (RJ)]

They are sand pipes, used ro apply dried sand to the rails to improve traction when slippage is a problem

[Aussie 3 railer]

I stand corrected. Never seen sand pipes up there like that. Always saw them right down against the tracks in front of the wheels. Guess I'd better put them back on again.

Thanks all and my apologies for my ignorance.

Dirk

[Walkingthedog]

When you put the body on the chassis they will be down against the track