Hi all,I have a ho Christmas train,runs great.All wheels turning,has 4 or 5 Cars on a flat oval track.
Engine seems to be slipping on track,like it's not heavy enough? It's a small engine,with plenty of power.
But seems to light,you can see the wheels turning faster than it's going.Is there something I can do to
fix this so it won't spin so much? not much room to add weight? any help appreciated.Thankyou. 

Hello,I have the Hawthorne HO Diesel Engine,all of a sudden it slips on the track really bad,hardly even moves.Is this engine supposed to have tires on it? If so on what wheels? the steel wheels do not have groves in them.They measure 12mm across center.Don't remember if this engine had rubber tires on it or not,or where they where located if at all.All i know is something happened all of a sudden,was working ok.Driveshafts seem to be turning ok,and I don't see any bad gears at all.    Any help here would be greatly appreciated.Thankyou.

Hello,I have a new Ho Bachmann RedSox Engine with the new type couplers on it.they have a spring and a thin curved thing hanging down.The cars I have I have are HO,I think they have the old atlas style couplers on them.How can I use this engine with these cars? Maybe change the one on the car that hooks to the engine,or vice a versa?? Any Idea's how I can do this?, and what parts I need to do it?? Please help if you can,much appreciated.Thankyou.

Hello, I have the Model: 44579 crossing gate,and the Santa FE Diesel engine,when the train gets to the crossing gate,it stops going through it.I have tried to push down on the engine and still don't work,If I push it through,the gates close and open fine,just won't go through on it's own power,stops completely like I shut it off going through the gate track,there is power on the rails in the crossing.When I remove the center piece of plastic,the engine goes through fine on the track,It's not weight because pushing it down makes no difference.Any Idea what this is?? How can I fix this? Thanks for any info on this.