Got a Bachmann 2-10-0 today.Connected the wires and put it on track .Ran about 2 feet and stopped with overload light coming on transformer.Made sure wires aren’t touching anything put it on ran it back and fourth about 3 feet and overload light came on again,now won’t run at all with overload light coming on.Other engines will run but this won’t.Anybody have a problem with this type of model?
You are probably not aware of it but this should be in the Electronics & DCC section. I believe the issue is electrical in nature. Just WAG.
Anyway, the Spectrum steamers have wiring issues, usually the tender wiring. This is being discussed quite a lot in the Bachmann forums. It even happens with new out of the box locos.
You did not say if the loco is the Standard line or Spectrum line.
Is the controller DC power pack or DCC controller?
Does the loco have a decoder and you are trying to run on a DC controller.
Now a days many people are using DCC so you have to be more specific will details.
Rich
I’m assuming this is the HO Spectrum Russian Decapod.
I’ve heard that some came with so much grease that it was a problem for them to run, so you may have to clean up some of the grease. Use tissue and wipe it up.
It may be a loose wire inside, though, so it may have to go back to Bachmann.
Make sure the wires between the locomotive and tender are firmly plugged in and that you don’t have the plug upside down in one of the sockets.
Check the tender wheels and make sure one set has not been turned backward to the other if they can be rotated 180 degrees. Careful inspection should reveal a small, black insulator between the wheel and axle on one end. The front tender trucks insulated wheels should be on the right side and the rear truck’s insulated wheels should be on the left side when looking at the engine from the back of the tender or as if you were sitting in the cab.
If these don’t solve the problem, then you need to take it back to the place of purchase or contact Bachmann.
My guess is with Cacole’s–somehow one of the tender trucks may have gotten turned around. I had a similar problem with my DC Spectrum SP 4-8-2 Heavy Mountain. Turned out that one of the tender trucks had slipped around, probably at the factory. It was the rear one. Turned it around and the loco ran like a dream. I wasn’t aware that in order to run properly, each tender truck has to pick up from the opposite side of the rail from the other. Quite unlike most tender trucks I’m used to that only pick up from one side of the rail.
Tom [:)]
I had one that would run fine, then for no reason would short out. Found that the wheel contact strips inside the bottom cover were not flat on inside of cover and would short out against frame. Glued them down flat , reinstalled cover and no more problem.
Bob
I wonder if the Proto loco’s are the same way??? I have a friend with one that simply won’t run at all, I’ll suggest that to him today.
The Proto ones are the same. In olden days, engines picked up from one side and the tender from the other. Now generally both the engine and tender are set up to pick up from both sides, with one tender truck picking up from one rail and one from the other.
LOL, I just got off the phone with my buddy and guess what? One of the trucks was reversed, lol. He just happened to be in the train room getting ready for a operating session a few of us have planned for later on today when I phoned. He is now one happy dude.