Flying Scotsman Coupling

[Andy-374225]

Just setting up a new Flying Scotsman train set. It’s all good other than I can’t work out how to couple the bogie to the tender. It looks like there should be a small screw. Sorry for the daft question

[96RAF]

It looks like they have gone back to the old peg and loop coupling method. No retsining nut necessary.

[atom3624]

That looks to be a Railroad model. There is no small side cab window and no contact between loco and tender.

What is the 'R' number please? eg R.1234 Flying Scotsman Set.

Al.

[Andy-374225]

R1255M

thanks

[Going Spare]

As 96RAF and Atom3624 have said, it looks as if a screw is not used at the loco end of the drawbar - in your image, light appears to be reflecting off the rounded end of a peg just behind the pony truck, and that peg simply fits in to the front hole in the drawbar.

Is the method of using the drawbar illustrated on the Operating and Maintenance Sheet that would have come with the set? (This is yet another example of a Service Sheet not having been issued for this locomotive.)

[atom3624]

Running on her own ('light') or with a couple of coaches, that power supply will work OK.

If you start increasing the coaches - normal - power required will increase a little, and the supply will start cutting out.

Depending how much you want to invest, how far you want to go, it may be time to consider if you want to stay Analogue or go Digital (DCC).

Much better with very few locomotives than consider changing later on.

There's tons of information on YT.

Al.

[Andy-374225]

Thanks for that. No operating manual included to illustrate how its supposed to link up