Hello all,
I am in the process of trying to finished repairing a flyer 285 steam locomotive ( see thread: A train for Joey) I am having a heck of a time figuring out what I have done wrong on this project. I am currently testing the loco by hooking directly into the jack panel per Barkers book and I keep coming up with the same issue of very sluggish running and the field getting so hot that it smokes just a tad before I cut the power. I have even gone as far as swapping armitures out of another loco with the same result. Any idea what I am missing here or can someone point me for possible trouble areas?
Thanks,
Derek