Reply to "AT&SF Norhtern Pilot Shorting Problem"

Lou1985OGR Forum Member

@VegasTrains posted:
See the photos, this is the front of the Lionel 2031160 Santa Fe Northern. The tolerance between the cow catcher and the middle rail is less than the thickness of an index card. Frequent shorts are the result. Has anyone else had this issue, and is there a way to re-position the cow catcher?

Pilot probably go knocked askew in shipping. I have one of the locomotives from that run (2031170, road number 3759) and the screws holding the pilot are barely long enough to secure it. Flip the locomotive over, loosen the screws holding the pilot to the chassis, bend the pilot up so it clears the track, tighten the screws. Problem solved.

I can tell the pilot on your locomotive is loose as the handrail on the engineers side is out of the stanchion on the pilot.

1/18/224:11 PM

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