I have looked at my schematic and see what is labeled the shell.. yes, it appears that I could take the thing apart if i had to. Oh, and the darn thing is running again... did I threaten to take it to the land of forgotten toys and it got scared? If there is something i can check/fix so that it would run when I want it to I would be happy to follow some directions.

Not a very original topic I suppose... I recently received a Bachmann starter set, Rail Chief, which runs on DC (which seems to be important). I have found the locomotive to be very touchy to say the least, but after getting it to run for a minute today it refuses to budge. We have carefully tried to be sure all the wheels are on the track. The headlight goes on and responds to increased power, but no motion. For "the world's most popular hobby", this is giving me nothing but grief. Is this locomotive defective? Or am I? Can anyone help!
Thanks.