You're correct David, I too admired that pic of Charlie's with the old timer on the trestle.
Re the pilot coupler...... it's as I suspected. I'm changing to N-gauge now and have a couple of Atlas/Rivarossi steamers with MT's front and rear. I just didn't particularly like the idea of finding space for a turntable
. I'll wait and see if MT bring out a conversion pilot for that Bachmann 2-8-0. I have the HO version of it and it's a beauty!!
Thanks for your input Dave (even if you did forget to tell me the o/a length of the beast
)
Errol