Hoping to get all locomotives into action at the Rock Hill Museum of Commerce and Industry, but a couple are creating some problems!
The little EMD SW seemed to have come with a whining sound while operating:
Micro-Trains said it shouldn't be whining, so it was shipped out for inspection and repairs!?
The RS2 seemed to hesitate -- even sometimes stop -- as it approached the rear of the smaller loop. Tried disassembly and cleaning of trucks and some contact points to no avail. Contacted Walthers and got some good advice from Dan Thomson as well as some input from various Internet sources. He recommended
http://www.spookshow.net/loco/llrs2.html
So, disassembled again and this time checked out the contacts for the ends of the trucks:
Dan suggested filing the center tops of these where they make contact with a copper ribbon. Maybe cleaning and filing helped. Seemed to be running:
Last ditch effort might be to "spring" these same pieces inward to hold the trucks more tightly. . . .
