Originally Posted by Matt Kirsch:
Everything is pretty much brand new with very little run time. I haven't run anything enough to need lubrication again.
I'm not having issues per se, especially with short trains. I just don't like that warm motor smell coming from the Williams locomotives during a hard pull. The pulls are only going to get harder as time goes on and my layout grows.
Also look at this as a lame excuse to go out and buy something.
One thing I did think of after posting, was upgrading the F3 dummy unit to powered... I'm having trouble finding a store with the upgrade kit in stock, though.
Since you have a powered F-3 maybe you can buy another powered F-3 and sell the dummy to get back some money, or keep the dummy and have fun running a triple headed train.
It might cost you just as much to buy the upgrade kit as buying an engine at a super sale price, but you will have a whole engine and not just a set of motors and a circuit board. WBB has really upped the price on motor upgrade kits, but Western Depot may have an upgrade kit for sale at a decent price.
Lee Fritz