Northern dead in its tracks

[OldBogie]

I have Northern that is several years old which doesn't get operated much. Yesterday, I had it out and it was running fine. Then it made a station stop but would not proceed afterwards. The head light comes on, but no motion, the drivers appear locked.

I was going to tear it open to see what went wrong, so I went to get the instruction sheet and found it has a Lifetime Warranty.

So what's the next step?

Bogie

[simkon]

It will cost you $40-$50 for a DCC Upgrade if your loco does not have DCC and is not fixable, otherwise it will cost $25 for service and whatever shipping is one way (approx $12-$15). But, wait to see if you can fix it before sending it off, because it won't come back until sometime in February now that it is close to Christmas.

[jettrainfan]

Considering the shipping, mine was done in a weeks time (7-10 days)

[RAM]

I don't know if your northern is old enough that it has the old pancake motor.   If it is, I found that you can take the shell off and lift the mental spring that holds the brushes down. and just let it snap back.  Just don't lift it too much.