Hey guys/gals... Was gifted a GP40...its very noisy... gear / whine type of noise. I'm not a train guy. It only gets set up once a year around the Christmas tree for the kids. Not sure how old it is but its newer than the old pancake style motors. I've completely disassembled both trucks expecting to find a bad gear somewhere, but everything looks good, nothing obvious. It was a little dirty but not bad at all. Any tips or suggestions ??
Thanks in advance for any input.   Mark

Thanks for the quick reply & info... I think I'll just leave it as it is. Thanks again..... Mark

Hey guys, a quick question, just purchased a Jingle Bell  Express for under the Christmas tree this year. The parts breakdown sheet that came with the set indicates a USRA 0-6-0 locomotive "with smoke" ..and shows the smoke unit #2951. There is no advertising on the box that this is a smoke producing locomotive and there was no smoke liquid included with the set. So my question is ... is this really a smoke producing locomotive or did i just get the wrong parts breakdown sheet in the set.  Thanks for any help....Mark