Need help with American Flyer

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mdalsey

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Hi -

I am a complete newbie and am in need of some advice with an American Flyer 283 steam locomotive. This is from the 1950s, exact age unknown.

The trains hadn't been run in a number of years. I was able to get it set up and running pretty well for a few days, but right now I cannot get the train to move in forward or reverse. There is power on the tracks and the lights in the engine and caboose are brightly lit. When I change polarity with the transformer, I hear the clicks, but I am not getting any movement at all with the wheels. Before this happened, I was getting some pretty inconsistent speeds with the trains - this did not seem quite right.

Right now I can't get the engine to move at all.

Any feedback will be greatly appreciated!

Mike
 
Take a look at the E-unit. There is a barrel that has some fingers running on it. The barrel should rotate every time you move the power up an down. The E-unit usually in the tender or some are in the loco cab. Needs cleaning probably. Carefull dont break the fingers. Make sure also your tender wheels are clean. I am sure there is something on line about cleaning and servicing "American Flyer E-unit".
Wayne
 
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