Greg@mnrr
Section Hand
I just test ran a new Milwaukee Road Alco locomotive and on the test track it ran perfectly back and forth with sound.
Then I ran the unit on the layout with a string of cars behind it to break in the locomotive. It ran about 20 feet and stopped dead. I gave the locomotive a little push and it ran a foot or so and then stopped.
I took the locomotive to my workbench's test track and cleaned the locomotive's wheels.
WOW....were the wheels dirty. It was like they had run for a extended time on the layout. Once the wheels were clean, the locomotive ran perfectly.
All my new locomotives will have a wheel cleaning session before test running or break in runs.
Thanks.
Greg
Then I ran the unit on the layout with a string of cars behind it to break in the locomotive. It ran about 20 feet and stopped dead. I gave the locomotive a little push and it ran a foot or so and then stopped.
I took the locomotive to my workbench's test track and cleaned the locomotive's wheels.
WOW....were the wheels dirty. It was like they had run for a extended time on the layout. Once the wheels were clean, the locomotive ran perfectly.
All my new locomotives will have a wheel cleaning session before test running or break in runs.
Thanks.
Greg
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