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Reply to "New York Central L3A Mohawk #3005"

Sid's Trains - I bought the same engine a few years ago and like it very much.  That said, interestingly before I bought it I had read a review of it by Jim Barrett in the January 2000 issue of O Gauge magazine and, in particular, one thing Jim mentioned about the tender stood out for me.

 The engine (which he was reviewing) had the red wire from the pickup roller routed through the holding bracket for the roller between the spinning roller and the base of the roller bracket.  That meant that when the roller was pushed up, as it would be when the tender was on the track, the spinning roller would be constantly rubbing on the insulation of the wire.

I made a mental note of this, and when I eventually acquired my engine the first thing I did was check the tender pickup wiring.  Sure enough it was wired as Jim described, so before running it I rerouted the wire around the roller, thus avoiding a potential problem.

Just thought I'd pass this along FWIW in case your tender is wired this way, as you didn't say or show anything about this in your video.

Enjoy your Mohawk as I do!     

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