Your yellow belly is really doing the best it can for what it’s equipped with. Certainly check the greases and oils appropriately, but more than likely, she’s givin y’all she’s got Captain! .......
your 2003 locomotive is most likely equipped with cruise, so you can set it and forget it....
your yellow belly just can’t compete.....old school pulmor and early tmcc has no cruise, nor can you add cruise to that locomotive without doing a can motor swap...( can be done, depends on how much in love you are with it) ....one thing I can tell you about the yellow belly, it’s got IMO one of the best early railsounds whistles I’ve heard....man that thing is haunting!..I have one, and some day soon it’ll get a can motor and a cruise set up..sorry to bust your bubble, but for the time being, when running your yellow belly, you’ll have to sorta baby sit it....great loco though!.......Pat
