UPDATING, February 3, 2019-
1)The prewar #228 that I picked up for Christmas (see 12/26/2018) has been shipped over to Harry Henning's shop for his folks to work their magic. Although the e-unit was working flawlessly, there was a problem that it was running on too many volts.
2)I opened up my other #228 today. This locomotive at some point had postwar couplers installed. If there ever was something that was said to have arrived in "bulletproof" packaging this was it. The seller threw in 2 pieces of vintage Lionel T-Rail track and cut the Styrofoam like a jig-saw puzzle and even cut out the domes and smoke stack of the locomotive to protect it.
When placed on the track, nothing happened. A quick look underneath showed some frayed wiring on the front coupler. I took the boiler shell off to check inside and there was a piece of wire that shouldn't be where it was. A snip there to remove that and to disconnect the front coupler and all was well...she is a fine runner. I'll post a video in the future.
EBay seller photo:
The packaging:
Note the holes cut out of the foam to keep the locomotive from shifting:
Unpacked...
Bad wiring snipped off and new headlight bulb...she is a fine runner.
Tom
