Thanks Bill. I will give your suggestions a go. I appreciate your time and trouble in replying.

thanks to ricnpat. I have taken my railtruck apart and checked the gears as per George Schreyer. At present the motor is not rotating at all so I guess there is a power problem. I think petertoot is close to the mark in that these were sold cheap because they were not up to the mark which is disappointing as it is a great looking model!

My rail truck looks great but has never run well. What is the matter with these little guys? the lights come on OK but the motor just has no guts. It crawls along the straights but stalls at the curves. I would dearly love to see it do a full circuit of my track!

Hi NM, I haven't done anything yet because I am not sure where the red plug-in wire goes to. The wiring diagram is not clear as to where the red wire goes to. Any suggestions? I think it goes to the direction switch located ate the front of the loco in the smokebox.

Thanks NM I think it must go to the motor direction change switch in the front smoke box.

Thanks NM. There is a loose red wire that is connected to the plug that attaches to the  brass pickup. It is about 10 inches long but I dont know where it connects to. Does it go to the front of the loco? Also there is a black wire come adrift from the front truck.

Thanks Francois that is very helpful and your English is fine. 

Hi Bach Man, it was not a big load just 3 or 4 cars. I have 2 other standard Big Haulers and I am worried that if I use the more powerful track power I will ruin them too! Also there was no derailment.

My Annie has recently died and I think I might have cooked the motor. It was running on Aristocraft 18V 7 Amp track power. It was running fine and then just stopped. Can you run these locos on that power? Or are they only for use on the less powerful Bachmann power packs?