Thank you for the info and will check it out. Hopefully it will be an easy fix. By the way does Bachmann pay for the return postage on warranty work?

Robert

I have a Bachmann #51319 DCC-Equipped Baldwin 2-8-0 Consolidation - Union Pacific #619. The front wheel axle keeps locking up. When it does all the wheel drive line also locks up. I got this unit for Christmas 2019 so it should still be under warranty. I can jiggle the front axle and it brakes loose, but as soon as it hits a curve it locks up again. Is there anything that can be done?

Thanks,
Robert

Thanks guys for all the info! I may try some weight because the front wheels are lifting off the track every three or four trips around the layout. I have wired quit a few locos in the past four years and I may just hard wire this one in and take out the board. Oh! I did find the papers in the bottom. Funny place in the bottom of the box.   

Bob

Don, tried what you said and so far so good! I'm going to add a tsunami and speaker into the tender and hopefully that will give it more weight. Also the lighting in the Bachmann steam seems to be dim. Is that the decoder doing that? And does anyone know of exploded views for the 4-6-2 Bachmann steam locos? No papers were in the new box when I got it.

I got for Christmas an HO 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive. Really looks good. My problem is the wire bundle coming from the tender is so stiff it is making the tender go off the track. Would Bachmann send me new connectors so I can install smaller wiring?