DennyM posted:Here I thought it was just the LionChief GP9's that were having problems. A friend of mine who is with the LCCA had four of them (LC+) that were made for the LCCA and all of them had problems.
Hi Dennym. Yeah, apparently the more recent Lionel GP9s being turned out aren't even made right. Sad Lionel got caught making a bad product line. Even now with the two locomotives having their trucks machined for proper alignment, the two engines are not perfectly synced together and one runs on less voltage and starts on less voltage than the other, I have been assured that no two motors are exactly alike and that the reason the gears stripped on a bi-weekly bases was because to gear binding due to faulty-manufactured motor trucks and not because they are out on sync. Like I said, so far so good...but the two motorized units still like to heat up the ol' ZWs faster than other sets I have.
The GP9's are not Lion Chiefs. I am trying to stick to the older "newer" technology so I don't have to get into super expensive electronics and necessitate me buying a $700 transformer. Here is a video of the set (not mine). There are two single-motored GP9's and a dummy GP9. The threesome was sold as a set.
Lionel Boston and Maine GP-9 Lashup #6-11843
