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What are these
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 1:33 am
by 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
Re: What are these
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 6:58 am
by RogerB
Can you post an image Dirk? R-
Re: What are these
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:48 pm
by Aussie 3 railer
Would certainly help wouldn't it. Completely forgot.
Re: What are these
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 10:55 pm
by Stese
They look like dummy sanding pipes....
Re: What are these
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2024 1:29 am
by 508035
You are absolutely correct Stese, that is exactly what they are.
Re: What are these
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2024 4:43 am
by 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.
Re: What are these
Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2024 7:30 am
by Rog (RJ)
They are sand pipes, used ro apply dried sand to the rails to improve traction when slippage is a problem
Re: What are these
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2024 8:26 am
by 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
Re: What are these
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2024 9:44 am
by Walkingthedog
When you put the body on the chassis they will be down against the track
