I got a new bachman stemer 2-6-2 and it stals a little bit whats wrong with it?
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Dirty wheels, dirty pick-ups, dirty track, loose wire, loose pick-up, are the most likely causes. Unfortunately, you have to try to correct each one of these, in succession, until the fix seems real and permanent.
Clean the wheels with a solvent, maybe on a q-tip, and make sure you get all of the rim surace. Then, VERY CAREFULLY (don’t ask!), clean the side of the pick-ups that rubs against the inner wheel or axle, and clean the surface on which they rub. Easy does it, because they won’t stand much bending. For rails, use a Bright Boy, followed by a light solvent wipe. You don’t need to scrub with either, just light wiping. For loose wires, you’ll have to look inside.
Steamers are a lot more temperamental than diesels. How does your other locos behave over the
same stretch of track?
For starters, a cheap liquid cleaner is Isopropyl rubbing alcohol . I suspect that the NEW loco has
not had time to develope oxidative degradtion so the cause lies elsewhere.
Thx Guys.[:D][:D] I’ll try that.
The Bachmann 2-6-2 and 0-6-0 locomotives only have electrical pickups on the drivers, and some of the drivers have traction tires which reduces the amount of pickup even more.
Clean wheels and track are a must for smooth operation as Crandell mentioned.
I installed wipers on the tender trucks of one of my Bachmann 0-6-0. Quite an improvement.
Here’s a link to how the wipers were made.
http://2guyzandsumtrains.com/Content/pa=showpage/pid=5.html
This is how I improved the N scale version.
http://2guyzandsumtrains.com/Content/pa=showpage/pid=22.html
Thanks for the back-up, fellas, and I believe that hminky on this forum has an active website where he describes his process building tender pick-ups. It’ll be a few pages back now, or do a search.
Try this, Harold’s site:
http://www.pacificcoastairlinerr.com/
New locos are not above being over-lubed at the factory, esprcially if the drive gears have been over-oiled, slinging the stuff everywhere. I would take everything apart and give the trucks, wheels, and wipers a good cleaning… Soap & Water, alcohol, whatever.
Hi all!! I’ve been reading over your shoulders, so to speak, for several months now. Really enjoy reading the comments and picked up quite a few pointers on building a layout. Thanks in advance for the info. Now, my reason for responding to this thread. I too, just bought a Bachman 2-6-2 steamer several months ago. It ran some than stalled. I would give it a little nudge and it would run a little further and stall again. I found the cow catcher was hanging low and would drag on the track. This was a test track. My point is this. The test track is very flat, where a layout track may not be. See if you can get paper to slide under cow catcher. If not, this may be your problem. Just trying to help. Thanks, Woodyg.[8)]