I dislike those little plugs. Wires come undone easily... When you pull on the side to get them out, you rip the socket they go into out. I'm tired of having problems with those little things.

Could you condense the wires to one large plug, that is easily removed? This also would help in the issue of falling, if the locomotive did fall, the plugs would unplug and not rip wires out.

Either that or remove those darn lugs on the end. They don't really need them to stay in.

Thanks for listening to my rant.
It's over.
Mark

It was talked about awhile ago.... But come on, we need some.

HO scale harriman steam. Preferably 2-8-2s, 4-6-2s, 0-6-0s, and others.

There aren't enough mikes and pacifics out there... We need a nice pacific and mike that will suit more than one railroad.

Who's with me?

My friend recently bought the Union Pacific 4-8-4 from the Overland Limited I believe, basically the NYC niagra in UP paint, and the instant he brought it over, we found a major issue. It wouldn't run around the curves without jerking. On my 22" radius curves, it would jerk, jerk, and wobble until the front driver would come loose, it would double in speed, then hit a turnout causing a short becuase the lead driver was off and hit the opposite polarity rail. Seeing as this is a trainset locomotive, I'm astonished it performs this badly. I checked for side play in the drivewheels, and there was harldy any.

Is this a typical problem? How can it be fixed?

Thanks in advance.

Mark

Was the overland 4-8-4 ever sold apart from the set, or was it always with the set the overland?

Thanks,
Mark

I was wondering how Fireman Fred is turned on. My 2-8-0 with sound will sit there, and sit there, with no Fireman Fred. I let it sit for 15 minutes, no coal, no oiling, no nothing 'cept the airpumps and dynamo.
I looked through the manual for it and it doesn't specify a CV to turn it on or off.

Am I missing something or did I get jipped out of coal shoveling?

A couple of weeks ago, I ordered a 2-8-0 from MicroMark. They said it was out of stock, and is waiting for more. I was if Bachmann has any.

Thanks,
Mark

Hi guys. Just wondering how an athearn mike perfroms, and is it a good deal to buy it for $50, new?

... could I send in my Heavy Mountain for repairs/replacment, but send in enough money to cover the $20 fee and to upgrade it to be eqiuped with a Tsunami decoder?