Best wishes to everybody from the Netherlands.

Ton

It sounds like you have a bit of trouble with friction in the wheel bearings of the cars.
A tiny little bit of oil might do the trick.

Ton

Nice job.
The only thing i am missing is calcification around valves and water intakes.

Ton

I mostly use Tsunami's in my 0n30 fleet.
A mayor shortcoming is the lack of CV5.
If I want to run in scale speeds i am always in the low range of my controller. under 10 o'clock

Ton

Could be oxidation on the pickups and wheels.
A medium speed should be fast enough in my opinion.
Let it run for a while , i would say, half an hour to start with.

Ton

aren't you forgetting +64 for dynamo in CV 33 and 34?

Ton

according to the generic Tsunami steam manual program the following.

F0(f) CV33 = 65
F0(r) CV34 = 66

Ton

It's not only this brand.
A train-friend of mine had a total meltdown of the complete smokebox from a BLI cabforward.
The replacement did exactly the same.

Ton

If you test the motor on max 12V DC you won't fry it.
What could be a problem in my experience is if you have a tree pole motor.
They don't run well on DCC.
Nowadays the most motors are five pole and run smoother on DCC and Dc for that matter.

Ton

Depends on how much load you are pulling.
My max is 4%.

Ton

I didn't know that.
Doesn't take away that standard gauge is standard gauge.
You rightly say Indian standard gauge.
So it actually should be called broad gauge.

Ton

Standard gauge is what is says, standard gauge. (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Otherwise it wouldn't be called standard gauge but something else.
The Darjeeling is 2ft gauge.

Ton

I can't remember seeing a brake hose on the Connie.
I haven't had any problems and i have several 2-8-0's
The only problem i had a while ago was the wiring between the tender and the locomotive dragging over the switches.

Ton

measure the current , amperage, your system is drawing when running.
Then check how much the transformer can deliver.
If the current measured is about equal to the specs of the transformer thermal overload protection can occur.
If it's a mechanical protection you should hear a click

That is one possibility, the other could be a loose soldering or connection.
Whet it gets warm contact is intermittently lost.
Good luck then, finding the offending part.

Ton

feels like thermal overload safety from your power supply.

Ton