Thank you for the detailed response. After inspecting and cleaning everything else, and then seeing what you wrote, the part about spring tension is where my attention keeps going. It does seem like they’re weak and the rollers aren’t making good contact once the tender is moving. I’m going to first try and clean and lubricate them and see what that gets me. My track is pretty clean, as I clean it by hand and with the postwar track cleaning car. I’m using a postwar ZW to power my layout, and I don’t think it’s that because this is the only tender I have had an issue with. I’m going to focus on the rollers and springs first to see what I can do. I’ve learned a lot about repairing these things, but I’ve never tinkered with the springs. Is it a tough job?
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