kj356 posted:Great looking set really wish there were a couple of more cars in matching paint scheme colors.
My set the gears began to grind and it stopped running last year, ordered a new drive axle and have other motors I can swap in will have to take it apart and see if I can fix it this week. Anyone else have any problems with the drive on this ? Probable had about 2-3 total running hours on it when it died???
It would have been great to see additional cars made but then of course this set like most rtr Lionchief steamer sets is built with that puny flat-sided set motor which only runs the cars included in the set and a couple more max before motor eventually overheats and self destructs.
Did you run it with additional cars? Asking because if so, possibly that led to the premature gear failure?
I do have two NIB sets which were both purchased at 50% off Hallmark's original m.s.r.p..
I find it interesting, kj356, you're the only one who's replied to this reprised thread since there were some forum members such as Mark Boyce who loved this set when it debuted. Wonder if those folks still run it or if speciality sets such as this one lose their popularity so quickly and go out of vogue.
