I am really cheesed off as I am now on my 5th Rail Truck that I have purchased through various suppliers in both the U.S. and Australia. The main fault seems to be the slipping of or not properly meshing of the gears.
Sure I can and have sent these back to the suppliers but why should we have to. The inconvenience and cost of sending models back to the U.S. every time you buy them is getting out of hand. Bachmann should fix this problem asap. I have 7 other Spectrum locos and they are all great runners but this Rail Truck is really letting the team down .
Hi Peter
I know just how you feel, usually the Bachmann 0n30 locos are pretty reliable, there have been a couple of early editions of Porters & Gas-Mechanicals which suffered from various problems, but generally speaking the larger locos are good.
I must admit I did not really want a Railtruck but as it was being offered at a knock down price I bought it, but it was on its way back to the retailer within a couple of hours of delivery.
Usually the retailers in the UK are pretty good in that they refund postal costs if an item is found to be faulty.