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Reply to "Lionel Walking Brakeman car - noisy?"

brianel_k-lineguy posted:

It's been awhile since I first got one that was from a train set. And I guess like FasTrack, the opinions of noise is subjective. But I guess I thought mine was noisy too. At any rate I took the shell off and lubricated all the gears and moving parts, which were bone dry.

Whether the lubrication helped to quiet it down, I don't remember, but given all the moving parts and nylon gears, lubrication is not a bad idea for longevity. I have an elevated track where I have placed a string of self-operating cars. My motorized aquarium car makes more noise than does the walking brakeman car. But of course, my MPC era 9307 (postwar based) chase gondola has them all beat as far as making some noise.

How true.....LOL   By the way, I like your idea of a dedicated possibly elevated track to nowhere for these type of action cars.  In some ways they are more enjoyable standing still.  

I just had a brain storm.  On this dedicated section of track, each car can have it's own section of powered track.  This way, they can be run individually.  Then the cacophony of sounds wouldn't drown out my thinking process.  

Which brings me to another gripe.  While watching TV, some programs, whether they be the news, documentaries or whatnot, have background music playing while the narrator is speaking.  As I get older, I find it very difficult to hear what is being said over the music even with my hearing aides in place !

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