Bachmann item No. 46605A

 Hello,

Thank you all again for all your expertise. 

I have a DC Set Up.  I do not have a second locomotive.  I am trying to find a local store to test my locomotive on (have not done this yet). Does not seem to over heat when the locomotive is not on the track.  I checked the track for resistance and did not find any.  Tested the track voltage and it read a maximum 12V with the directional switch to forward and 7 volts with it backward.  With the switch forward the locomotive moved very slow.

I did realize that one of the wall adaptors was faulty, so I replaced that with a new one before conducting these test.  I am leaning towards the idea that I have a bad locomotive now.  Thoughts?

Thank you all for the help.  I am going to pick up an ohm meter in the coming days and do the suggested tests.  I will keep you posted.

Thank you Jerry.  We are using the train with the cars that came in the set.  We bought additional rails and set the train up on shelf that runs around the roof of my sons room.  The track is clear with no obstructions or possible shorts.  The controller gets extremely hot...almost too hot to handle and gives off that burning circuit smell.  That's usually when we notice something is wrong and shut it down.  After we shut it down and it cools it will operate but the train runs slow and after a few tries slows to a crawl at best and usually will go only in one direction.  If I am near the train, I can hear it get power, but the movement is minimal.  I am not sure if the internal breaker switches and I do not see any type of reset button on the controller.

Thank you again for your help.

Hello,

We have an HO scale train set and have been having issues with our speed controller burning out.  We bought a second one and within a few weeks of very light use it burned out as well.  I want buy a third, but before I do, I want to see if anyone had any thoughts to why this keeps happening?

Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to provide.