Roundhouse Bill posted:Jerry, it seems like you always have bad luck. Too bad!!
I have run my UP for hours now and have not had an issue. I am still very pleased with it.
Bill, it seems you always have good luck. Good for you!
I have run Lionel Flyer things for minutes and always have issues. I am sick of their junk.
If the dealer won't make good on this thing (and it shouldn't be up to the dealers to correct the defects in design/assembly) I'm sending it back anyway for spare parts. That's all it's good for. If any good parts can be found. Keep the money. Lesson learned. I also purchased the add-on PE car. I haven't even taken it out of the box yet. It probably has broken wires, a cracked shell, wrong frame, broken side frames, broken coupler, or any combination of the above. I guarantee it WILL have poorly gauged wheels. As a consist for the UP Geep, I have a series (8) of previously issued Lionel Flyer UP freight cars. All NIB. EVERY ONE of them had a problem from poorly gauged wheels to side frames that crumbled upon removal from the box.
I'll probably be moderated for this post, but I don't care any more.