Hi Yall!

Thanks for the advice, I do not know anything about trains, although I love them, and really wanted this set as I have a HUGE Victorian Christmas Village.
There is one man in town,  I have been trying to catch him when he is open, but he never seems to be open!. He is the only one we have here.

The motor does hum, and it does rev up, it actually tried to go in reverse yesterday it moved a little.

The tracks, look clean, everything was still wrapped up, and appears to be new and never removed from box. I just wonder if the storing up for years had any effect on it. Or maybe defective to start with and just not returned.

Many thanks for your suggestions,

Terri

I just purchased a dept 56 bachman village express train set 2-6-0 on 30 scale with a spectrum.  I bought it at a yard sale, it was brand new still wrapped in its box, very pretty and such a steal!. But when I put it together, it powers up lights up, but the engine refuses to move, I have tried everything over and over again, until I am threating to throw in the trash. The box appears to have been stored for a long while. Anyway, is there anything else anybody could reccomed as I really love this set it is gorgeous and wanted to use  it this year. Please any suggestions?