if bought new there should be a diagram with the engine that will sort of show how to get it apart and you can refer to the product reference diagram page for help, but once apart clean any old grease and replace with new grease...put a light and I mean light coat of oil on all bearings and friction spots on the drive train...Bachmann makes a nice selection of lubes but you can get some from your local hobby shop, just ask for help if needed as not to get the wrong stuff...a good lube job made my first 2-8-0 quieter and run better... hope this helps

have you tried a good cleaning and lube

my little engineer had a short and instead of cutting the power to fix it like we have done a dozen times, he unpluged it, frying the ez command controller while I was at work...at least thats what the ex said, anyway I sent it in and they replaced it free of charge, I bought mine from the favorite spot on ebay which is an authorized dealer so it was under warranty ...sent a copy of the receipt just in case

excellent detail

looks like you had a good time and got some deals in the process

they called me and said your engine was a total loss and your out of luck...just kidding , they probably want you to pick a different road name as the one you sent in is out of stock/production and they are gonna replace it free...at least that's what happened when I sent in my wrecked 2-8-0

I hail from Eden... Spencer is about 90 minutes from me and last weekend was the first time I ever been

hey Coble12 where are you located

http://www.modeltrainforum.com/showthread.php?t=3932 ... a little history on this one

Transportation museun Spencer NC

make sure you orientate the jumpers the right way to avoid problems...should have directions with the new locos

yeah If you have room you should make a table out of 4X8 plywood to run the trains on and good deal on the dcc We have 7 engines about 30 freight cars and 6 passenger cars and my 5yo loves it

yeah I have a total of 8 switches and 4 power hook ups and it looks rough under my table as well

can't answer your questions but I can comment and say it looks great....wish I could make it look that good

Quote from: Doneldon on June 04, 2010, 03:02:32 PM
I got a new scale once but it still said I should lose a few pounds.

I got new scales and they said "one at a time"