Has anyone experienced this squeal? I've lubed all drive gears and axles but it remains persistant.
Terry
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That sounds like a motor bearing.
I moved this to the proper forum since the topic is about an Atlas locomotive. Certainly not a 3-rail traditional/027 topic. PLEASE GUYS....take time to put your posts in the MOST logical forum and if you see a topic that is in the wrong forum (gunrunnerjohn
), report it so that we can get it in the right place.
Thanks
If that engine has EOB (Engineer on Board) cruise control, that is probably the culprit. Turn the cruise feature off and run the engine again. If it doesn't squeal with cruise off, then the high frequency pulsing of current to the motors is causing them to squeal. Adjusting the pulses (see the EOB manual) can reduce, but not eliminate, the squeal. Some or most engines do it to some degree, but there are also some EOB engines that are quiet.
Alan - my apologies. After all these years, I never saw the separate fora for each of "the big 3." Now I have more to explore!
Bob - your diagnosis was correct. I had forgotten these engines had EOB software. You were also correct in that I was only able to lessen its frequency and not get it to disappear. Thanks again.
Terry
