@SteveH posted:@Jeff B. Haertlein Jeff, Looking at the information CSXJOE posted, EDIT: I just re-read the description, and see there's a fan motor inside. If you were to post some pictures of yours, maybe we could figure it out. Have you checked the motor for continuity through the windings and other parts of the motor circuit, brush condition, does it turn freely by hand, etc.? Describing what you've already checked would be helpful in diagnosing the issue.
Thanks for your response. However, the postwar car does not have a motor as such with brushes etc. It is a coil and uses a drive washer, so the set up is like the searchlight car or the rotary beacon. What I am wondering is if when Lionel re-issued the car, if they are now using a tiny electric motor instead of the coil method in the postwar issue.
