rockstars1989 posted:Brent as I don't have the answer you are looking for I have a suggestion. Get a good size magnet and "drag" your track with it slowly.My engines loose screws constantly and I have found many this way. Good luck. Nick
Yes; magnets are always handy to have around. Get a fairly strong one. Also, a telescoping magnet "wand" can be handy for finding ferrous parts under furniture. I think I got mine from Micro-Mark, or from a train show tool seller. Unfortunately it won't help with brass screws or plastic parts....
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I "found" a part years ago when one of my locos began stalling over switches, for no apparent reason. It was a Magnetraction J Warhorse. I still ran such stuff 15 - 20 years ago; my first TMCC loco.
I turned it over and what did I see? A wandering coupler steel "thumbtack" from some piece of rolling stock, picked up by the J's Magnetraction from the track and jammed into one of the roller pickups, holding it off the track. Problem solved.
Got any Magnetraction locos to run around where the VL Hudson may have lost the screw?
