The rear drive shaft failed. The Rivarossi Company is out of business so Vic's Hobbies is fabricating a new drive shaft. So for now the locomotive is in the round house waiting for parts. In reality these big beasts were mechanical nightmares to take care of. The heavy moving parts and forces applied to them ment that each engine, from the time they left the round house, litterally shook themselves to death. EMD's were far less trouble.
Stats for the Challenger:
Cylinders: 21x32"
Weight: 500 tons
Drive Wheels: 12 69"
Tractive Effort: 97,400 lbs
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