Yesterday, 10:41 AM
On Saturday I received the ALCO C420 from Bruce. I immediately started to tinker with it to find out why it was running a little jerky. After carefully looking at all the gears in the trucks, I narrowed it down. A couple of the gears have some teeth missing so I started to disassemble to trucks and started to replace each gear I seen that needed replaced. It is a good thing I have a ton of spare parts from other locomotives that are no longer around. Fingers crossed that this does fix the issue, if not then it's time to dive deeper into it which I don't have a problem doing. I love tinkering with these older engines as you never know what the issue could be. It could be a simple fix or a complete disassemble job. Below is the engine sitting on the workbench getting some TLC. After reassembly, a few dabs of lubricant and off to the test track which is also on the workbench.
Matt
Conrail's Blairsville Cutoff - A Fictitious Alternative Route Over The Allegheny Mountains From Blairsville, Pa to Cresson, Pa
Milepost 296.0 to Milepost 250.0