Originally Posted by PC9850:
BINGO.
As soon as I turned the loco over, I checked for that spring this time. It was stuck in a compressed position:
Don't know how I missed this before. Gave it a poke and it popped back into place:
There is still a slight bounce, but far less prevalent than it was. It's amazing how the entire performance of a $1000+ locomotive can be affected by one little spring.
What does that spring do?
Does it transmit the weight of the boiler above to the truck?
Rod