@hokie71 posted:How are the carbon brushes? Here is the parts diagram:
When I mentioned that I did a thorough disassembly and cleaning of the entire locomotive, that included taking both motors completely apart, cleaning them of built up "gunk", cleaning all contacts and brushes. I re-oiled both motors with lightweight oil specifically for model train (forget the brand; maybe Labelle or something like that?). I oiled the motor gears and the wheelset gearing assembly. Both of the rolled very freely when finished. I must say, this only happened after the train had been going for about an hour and a half with just the one locomotive. Normally, I put two powered A's on it, but this time, I only had the one in this particular paint scheme. I suspect user error, here. I should have known better than to run it that long with only one locomotive. But, live and learn. Fortunatley, nothing caught fire (although I was afraid the smoke alarms were going to go off). Thanks again for all the great ideas. I really think I had the maintenance covered, mainly because I had just assembled this unit. I had just repainted the shells of these units and was checking the locomotive out. Now, I know. It takes two locos for this train. Here is a link with my two powered A's Santa Fe's pulling the same consist.
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1EN8XqTgvH/
And to answer the question, yes all of the photos in the media room are mine. Taken in Wyoming and Montana (for the most part) and printed on my own 44" printer in my home office. Another hobby of mine. I have discovered that at my age, hobbies are becoming more and more expensive, just when the budget is declining!
Scott
