Walthers Budd car issues

[Green_Elite_Cab]

I don't know if this applies to the Budd cars, but one of our modular club members noticed problems with the Santa Fe Super Chief set from Walthers. He also noticed another member with that set having problems keeping the cars from derailing. He found that the multi-piece trucks were manufactured with the holes drilled in the wrong place causing the trucks to "crab walk". He elongated the offending holes to make the trucks straight and that solved the problems. Look very closely at your trucks to s make sure everything lines up correctly. I doubt if Walthers will correct the problem, they seem to be a company focused on profit with pretty bad customer service and little interest in doing warranty at all.

It sure does! the same cars that are giving me trouble are prominently advertised with the Super chief set, only mine are Phase IV Amtrak. I just had a similar problem with a crab walking locomotive, so i'll have to check this out with the cars. An interesting idea!