:-[HI, I have bought three expensive engines new in the box, and all of them are locked up. one is a forney, one is a 4-4-0, and one is a 2-6-0. no matter how much power you apply in either forward or backward the engines won't move. if you thy to turn the drive wheels they are locked up. can somebody please help me? I have already sent another engine back to bachmann and they charged me 50.00 to fix it. I don"t want to spend 150.00 to fix them. thank you in advance for any help you can give me.

Hi, you were right,there was a small piece of gray foam hedged under the front wheels. Runs fine now, thank you.

thank you 'll try that.

Hi, yes,it just sits there with the wheels spinning.

Hi,  have a brand new forney that  just got back from bachmann repair, the train runs but it can't get traction so it just spins it's wheels and doesn't move. s there a way to add weight to the engine, or am  stuck again with a bad engine.

hi, I was just wondering, what the usual wait time is for repairs. Thanks in advance.

hi, I tried what the forum said, the train burned up one transformer,so I hooked up a bachmann power pack and it got extremely hot, i tried to move the wheels with my finger and the wheels feel like they are locked up. so i packed up the engine and i'ts going back to bachmann on monday. thanks for the help.

hi, I have a problem that I hope the forum can help me on. I recently recieved my on30 forney new ,sealed in the box. dcc on board, the instruction sheet says it is backward compatable with dc, when I put the locomotive on the tracks it would'nt run. I checked to see if anything was shorting out, but it was'nt. I made sure that the wheels were on the track. they were, I was wondering if there was a hidden switch I have to find or the engine is defective. thank you for your time in advance.

thank you everyone for the interesting feedback, will follow your advise

hi,I recently purchased the bachmann hon30 fornay, my question is this, since the engine is dcc on board does bachmann or anyone make a sound module for it, or is it pin specific. thank you in advance for giving me info.

thanks for the information,yes I was talking about the g scale shay.

hi, im new to the forum, but have collected
trains for years. My problem is on the 2 truck shay, part of the running gear is metal that fits into a plastic sleeve. They have slipped out of the sleeve and the angle is too steep to get them back together. I need some help because that beautiful engine is just sitting there collecting dust. thank you in advance for any advice anyone can give me.