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Reply to "Lionel USRA 2-6-6-2 LEGACY Upgrade (9/03/20)"

Bruk, now that can only be described as a glorified PITA. I didn't really believe it could be a track being dirty issue, but given some of the responses I've seen from the regular folk like myself, that is usually where they're directed to start.

I do remember some years back before I joined up here on the forum that I was told about insulation on the handrails being essential for operation. Who would have ever thought corrosion would be the factor here? Certainly not me.

Reminds me of a story my uncle told me once, about how they had a racecar on the track, and it would sputter something bad on the straightaways, but no issues on the turns(1950's). All the big heads couldn't figure it out for naught. My uncle said they called over one of the local kids who worked at the track to take a look. Didn't take him long. He replaced the fuel line with a wider size line and the car ran without issue. The big heads never even considered the gas line was to narrow to allow the fuel to flow smoothly.

I think of all of you guys working on these engines in that regard. You get in there and slowly work it down to what the real issue is giving you grief. Lord knows I would bring it into the LTS and tell them all I could and they'd probably figure it out. Me, I'd put my finger in the outlet, lol.

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