Just put a Lionel radar tower on my layout and it makes a really unpleasant grinding/whirring noise, even with the voltage turned way down on my accessroy transformer. It's definitely louder than the sawmill or AEC reactor on my layout. Is this normal?? it's actually louder than my cordless drill and so annoying that if this is normal I'll end up disconnecting it entirely. BTW why are Lionel operating accessories so loud? There isn't a single toy my kids own that has motors as loud as those in Lionel accessories.
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