harmonyards posted:Im not trying to muddy the waters on Yall's thread, but if you have access to a traditional transformer, try running that locomotive in conventional to see if you have a binding, or a mechanical issue....you say that engine was never out of the box......recently I had a very similar issue with a lionel scale Mikado...loco was never taken out of the box. God only knows where it was stored, but the grease was like dirt in the gear box...the only way I figured it out was trying to run it on my test track with an old ZW...it hummed and carried on something fierce..... cleaned it all out, put it on the legacy layout, and off she went....
Thanks for the comments. Unfortunately I don’t have access to a traditional transformer to be able to test it in conventional mode.
