I cleaned the rail and wheels on loco and tender-they weren't very dirty. As I mentioned in original post this is the only loco to do this-all others run around the track flawlessly. The loco runs continually on roller track and changes speed and direction without a hitch-but when I put her back on the regular track she stops each time at the same place. What's up?

This loco runs exactly 2/3 of the way around my 8x8 layout and stops in exactly the same place each time (on a straight track, not a curve). It still has power (headlight works) and a gentle push gets her rolling again but she stops at the same place each time. I have run a Niagara, UP FEF, and SP GS-4 on the same tracks with no problems. I have also tested her operation on a roller track and she runs flawlessly. What do you think is the problem?

I recently acquired quite a few (19) Bachmann HO full dome passenger cars made for Hawthorne Village and painted in some pretty flamboyant colors and characters
(Halloween, Indian, Navy). These seem to be good, well built items and run well on my layout. I would like to repaint them to look more like actual RR's but am not sure how to proceed without messing them up. Have any of you done this and if so, how?

I agree with atari and geno-a product should be reliable and not require "tinkering" or "filing' or any other user activity if it is NEW. I have no problem fixing Ebay stuff
and other 2nd hand equipment, but a NEW product should function properly out of the box. No excuses.

Yesterday (2/16) I spent the better part of the afternoon attempting to replace a broken coupler on an Acela passenger car. I disassembled the car and removed the wheelset over the coupler. It still isn't reassembled
because I'm having a hard time getting the "teeny" spring attached.  At the risk of being called a whiner I think whoever designed these"@#$%^& "  couplers should be forced to repair them for the rest of eternity.

I have the same problem with both standard turnouts and 5's. Many of my steam locos pilot trucks derail on both types of turnout. I have filed bown the points but I still have the problem. Switchers (0-8-0, 0-60) have no prblems because no pilot trucks are involved. Needless to say diesels have no problem either, just multi-wheeld steamers. Is this a conspiracy on Bachmann's part to force us to buy switchers and diesels or am I just being paranoid.? The darn turnouts are not precise enough.

I've built an 8x8 double track layout. It's all ez track with Bachmann turnouts. Problem-Many of my locomotives tend to derail on the turnouts. This is particularly true of steamers with pilot trucks. I have standard remote turnouts, #5 turnouts and a #6 crossover turnout. Why can't a copmpany as big as Bachmann build a turnout that doesn't require filing and fiddling? About half my "fleet"are Bachmann and the rest mostly Rivarossi and Mantua, but they will all derial on the turnouts.

To Joe Satnik: Thanks for the info on de-electrifying the crossover switch. I have cut small gaps in the crossover rails but juice is still flowing to both tracks via the feeders. Can you please help me with a more detailed explanation of disconnecting the feeders?I don't want to ruin a $50 switch but I need to separate the two tracks. Thanks for your help

I have an 8x8 layout with two independently powered track sets. I installed a #6 crossover switch to connect the two tracks sets. Now they are powered together. I want to separate them but keep the crossover switch. If I make a fine cut in the switch tracks so that electricity will not pass, will I be able to power the two track sets independently again?

I have an older 2-6-2 with a bad gear set. The power is delivered to the rearmost set of drive wheels, not the center set as in the newer 2-6-2. The plastic gear spins freely and will not drive the wheels. Does Bachmann have a fix for this problem?

Thank you for the Acela website info-it describes how to diassemble coaches. Many thanks.

A while ago I asked if anyone knew how to dismantle an Acela passenger car in order to repair the coupler. It is impossible to do without removing the trucks. There is a spring and a ball joint involved. Anyone!

How do you disassemble an acela passenger car to remove the trucks in order to repair the coupler? Whoever designed those couplers should be berled in erl.

I need a working motor for a Bachmann UP 4-8-4 (Overland model). The old motor croaked yesterday.  Does anyone have one to sell me. The loco is made in HongKong and is road number 809.

The motor in my Bachmann UP 4-8-4 died yesterday. The loco was running fine when suddenly it started whining, smoking and stopped dead. I removed the shell and tried to resuscitate the motor-but no luck. It's gone. Do any of you have a spare motor which I can buy?  The loco is #809 and the motor is a small enclosed plastic unit above the rearmost drivers. Any help wopuld be appreciated-I really like this loco.