My sweet wife got me a new Athearn genisis 4-8-4 Union Pacific with/sound for Christmas. I had been wanting an Athearn for awhile due to most of my steamers are Bachmann or IHC and I have seen where many of you have stated that Athearn is one of the best.
Plugged the connector into the tender, everything works, the remote control works fine, runs great. How do you use the drawbar on one of these? Drawbar extends out thr rear, of course, just under rear of cab. Drawbar end is a horizontal " C ", with open end toward tender. There is a horizontal opening just above the connection port in the front of the tender with the circuit board laying in it and back inside about 1/4 of an inch is a vertical steel pin. The opening in the drawbar C is larger than the steel pin so can not be connected. Are any of you familiar with the Athearn steamers and can tell me how the drawbar is supposed to be connected to the tender? Am I missing a part? And does the drawbar connect inside this slot just above the circuit board somehow? Any help will be much appreciated, thanks---------John R
Plugged the connector into the tender, everything works, the remote control works fine, runs great. How do you use the drawbar on one of these? Drawbar extends out thr rear, of course, just under rear of cab. Drawbar end is a horizontal " C ", with open end toward tender. There is a horizontal opening just above the connection port in the front of the tender with the circuit board laying in it and back inside about 1/4 of an inch is a vertical steel pin. The opening in the drawbar C is larger than the steel pin so can not be connected. Are any of you familiar with the Athearn steamers and can tell me how the drawbar is supposed to be connected to the tender? Am I missing a part? And does the drawbar connect inside this slot just above the circuit board somehow? Any help will be much appreciated, thanks---------John R