08-15-2011, 11:44 AM
GEC,
After reading your post checked the two on the layout and neither has the discolored wheels. I clean my wheels with denatured alcohol on a paper towel and run the loco over it. Also use it to clean the track. Only problem I have had with the Athearn GP 15-1s was one was operating very herky jerky( for a lack of a better word). After pulling the shell off found that two of the wires to the board that have the little black clips had bad connections. Soldered them instead of the clips and that solved the problem.
Bruce
After reading your post checked the two on the layout and neither has the discolored wheels. I clean my wheels with denatured alcohol on a paper towel and run the loco over it. Also use it to clean the track. Only problem I have had with the Athearn GP 15-1s was one was operating very herky jerky( for a lack of a better word). After pulling the shell off found that two of the wires to the board that have the little black clips had bad connections. Soldered them instead of the clips and that solved the problem.
Bruce