After almost a month of use. I had seen all of the previous threads about the pilot bearing issue. I thought I had dodged this issue. I even took my train off the track and gently checked the pilot wheels after I saw the threads. All seemed fine. This morning I started running the train. I noticed the number boards were flickering and that I was having a problem on one switch. Since it was only one switch, I decided to troubleshoot that first. I could not find anything wrong. Then I decided to lift the loco to see if I could see why, whenever it crossed the switch it would spark and sometimes stop. When I lifted the loco, the pilot bearing fell out. Oh well, I sent an email to lionel to get replacements. In the meantime, I jammed the bearing in the best I could to continue operation. Seems to be running fine again. I have no plans to glue it in place.
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