I put a YLB 10500 Fast re-charging battery in my Lionel Allegheny #1604 to support the sound system in the tender when it goes over my Atlas O #5 switches. The tender trucks are mounted on hollow tubes that allow wires to run through them to the tender boards inside. There was no extra room through the tubes to the pick-up roller below, so I spliced the YLB red power wire to the grey wire from the front pick-up roller inside the tender. The sounds stay on now as the engine goes over all switches. Thanks, Gunrunner John. The YLB Battery allows me to run my Lionel steam engines on Atlas O switches.
As I put the Lionel 6-82768 Allegheny on the track, another fiber washer fell out of the engine. The engine returned from Lionel Service and drags/slows between Speed Steps 22 through 100. At speed step "125" I was able to get the engine to run at normal speeds as whatever is binding the engine broke free. When I slow the engine to speed step 80, the engine drags again until it slows to speed step 22. I wonder how many more fiber washers have to fall out of the engine until it runs properly. Right now, the Lionel 6-82768 Allegheny #1604 is a $2,000.00 paper weight.
While I had the Allegheny moving at speed step 90, I took a video of it and the 11210 Vision Line Challenger #3967.
Note the two Road Signals change as the Allegheny passes the Saw Mill and the Tunnel Entrance. The Saw Mill Signal is cable wired to the Tunnel Signal. The Tunnel Signal is in the Timed mode, not yet cable wired to the Girder Bridge Signal at the exit of the Tunnel.
Sincerely, John Rowlen
