I own one of these. It’s been passed down through my family for quite some time. We bring it out during Christmas to have it go around our Christmas tree. The last few years it hasn’t been working.
Not much of a secret actually, every postwar engine I have I do a complete tear down cleaning out dirt and old lubricant and sparingly oil all moving parts and grease gears. I also sand the commutator down to a polish and clean the brushes. My best runners are the early alcos which I’ve gotten them to run at a crawl with barely any motor noise. With lots of TLC most postwar can run nicely despite what most people think
A pleasant surprise : a tinplate loco and train being run at a slower speed enabling it to be seen !
I own one of these. It’s been passed down through my family for quite some time. We bring it out during Christmas to have it go around our Christmas tree. The last few years it hasn’t been working.
Very well done Richard.
Thanks Chuck! These little 0-4-0s are some of my favorite engines for their nice detail
Very nice
Thanks!
Nice Video Richard
Never seen a postwar loco operate so smoothly. What's your secret?
Not much of a secret actually, every postwar engine I have I do a complete tear down cleaning out dirt and old lubricant and sparingly oil all moving parts and grease gears. I also sand the commutator down to a polish and clean the brushes. My best runners are the early alcos which I’ve gotten them to run at a crawl with barely any motor noise. With lots of TLC most postwar can run nicely despite what most people think
That train has gray hair's 🚂🚞🚞🚞🚞 its so old looking.
It may be old from 1955 but it’s so robust it’ll still be chugging away even after all the new LionChief sets have failed :)
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