Smudge617
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Mmmm definitely a power problem, have you checked and cleaned the connectors between the sections of track ?
Not certain it's the motor mounts tho, but certainly worth trying.
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Not certain it's the motor mounts tho, but certainly worth trying.
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Not certain it's the motor mounts tho, but certainly worth trying.
trailrider
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The surging seems to take place when the locomotive is on a curve or coming out of it, which is when the trucks are pivoting. I would still recommend soldering wires from the truck pickup to the contact strip atop the motor. That is a simple thing, and only if that doesn't solve the problem would you need to go to other things.
Marlin338MX
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Following this thread because I have a few locos that aren't running at all, and some that are running intermittently. The good thing is that several others are running like new.
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