This little Legacy steam switcher (my Sally the Yard Goat) has become a magnificent obsession with me. Here is a further update.
Extending the deckplate looked good, but it would occasionally bind when running the locomotive through 022 switches causing a derailment. Therefore, I removed the deckplate extension that was taped on, and now there is no longer any binding or derailments.
Also, as recommended above, since I have 031 curves, I have the locomotive drawbar inserted in the outside tender arm slot, and let the deckplate droop beneath the narrow platform on the front of the tender. So far, by doing this, there has been no binding and no derailments running through 022 switches and 031 curves.
Sally the Goat will continue to primarily be relegated to yard duty, and before she ventures onto a main line, I will give her the Rick Squeeze mentioned above to minimize the chances of stalling through 031 curves. Arnold
