@Peter C posted:Melgar, I wondered about the brakes hitting the drivers! When you say “4th driver”, are you counting from the front so that you’re referring to the rear driver on each engine? YES. That would be the driver that has slightly more diameter due to the traction tire.
Yes. Counting from the front driver and going rearward. It looks to me that at about 4 seconds into the video, there is no clearance between the brake shoe and the 4th (rearmost) driver of the rear engine and then at about 11 seconds into the video there is no clearance between the brake shoe and the 4th (rearmost) driver of the front engine. Again, counting from front to rear on each engine. Also, as others have said, the engine needs at least one hour of run time for break-in. Steam locomotives, with their multiple axles and connecting rods inherently have high driveline friction when new - and this locomotive has two engines... Check the brake shoes and then run it for an hour.
MELGAR
