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Well, that was fun. After running for about 1/2 an hour the loco now trips my Lionel brick after sitting on the track for 10 seconds or so. Can hear an arcing noise coming from the loco. Back to Lionel for what is my first and last experience with BTO/preorder.

WOW, that's a bummer!  Given the price, this is one I suspect I'll take apart and make sure nothing is going to short before I do any significant running.

WOW, that's a bummer!  Given the price, this is one I suspect I'll take apart and make sure nothing is going to short before I do any significant running.

Yeah, I thought better of opening it up as I was afraid of voiding a warranty. I work on all my other stuff doing smoke unit replacements ERR upgrades, etc. but its all used stuff. Oh well, hopefully the return/repair process isn't too painful.

@bluelinec4 posted:

I love this little guy  Dont know how many cars it can pull yet

Ben, before you start piling on the rolling stock, you might want to wait until you or someone else checks what motor is in there. I m betting its still the starter set motor used in the phase two Docksiders. These are not particularly robust.

Looks like a fun engine but I will stick with my phase 1 conventional one. It a nice runner and even has puffing smoke. The circuit card in there is actually fairly large, even bigger than a RCMC. I'll be interested to see what the new all in one circuits look like. Surprised Alex hasn't gotten one apart yet.

Pete

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Folks,

My new Lionel 0-6-0T Switcher arrived from Charles Ro today. I ordered the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal livery as I really like the look in the catalog  pages. The black loco and red, yellow and white trim has great eye appeal.

This was packaged well and had nice heft for a small loco.

Put it on the track right away to test out connectivity and it paired with my Lion Chief App and the Universal Remote flawlessly. I am a conventional operator so no TMCC/Legacy so those will be my choices for running. Smoke unit off for now (will test soon) but good sounds from bell and whistle. Front and rear couplers fired as intended. Gave it a few quick laps and response seems fine, forward and reverse.

I will get a video with a more comprehensive review later but here are some shots of this long awaited Lion Chief Plus 2.0 loco. My first LC+ 2.0 loco.

So far, so good!

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@MELGAR posted:

This appears to be a scale model of an Alco 0-6-0T industrial switcher as shown on page 32 of Model Railroader Cyclopedia (c) - Volume 1 by Lynn H. Westcott, 1960.

Useful if we had that book...

@NYC Z-MAN posted:

John, Anxious to get a report from you!

It's a little slower as Henning's has to get them from the distributor, so I hope to have it soon.

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Very nice!, I ordered the Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal livery as well. I was hoping to do a shell swap with one of my older docksides.  Seeing the finished locomotive, I will almost feel guilty not using the BEDT shell if the shell swap works!

Question, why would the smoke unit seem to run continuously?  How would it be triggered?

For those that want a glimpse inside I opened it up to ensure mine doesn't crap out after a half hour like reported above by another user. My best guess would be the wiring from the smoke unit which is routed directly underneath the flywheel. If that isn't perfect it will rub right through the wires. Mine just clears it. I can't tell what kind of can motor is in here but there was no room for anything bigger.

The smoke unit has a nice metal stack which seals against a gasket on the shell. That should help when filling it so fluid doesn't pour all over. Also the bowl on the smoke seems quite large considering. I am sticking to lionels recommendations to no more than 20 drops. Overall the insides seem well layed out.

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@Joe Fermani posted:

My best guess would be the wiring from the smoke unit which is routed directly underneath the flywheel. If that isn't perfect it will rub right through the wires. Mine just clears it. I can't tell what kind of can motor is in here but there was no room for anything bigger.

Sounds pretty logical to me. Is there room to put some kind of shield on the wire to stop the insulation from rubbing away? The pic looks like it's really tight in there.

@johnstrains posted:

Quick update to my post above...

Turned on the smoke unit and added ~20 drops of Lionel Premium. Wow, great billowing smoke. However, as mentioned by another poster no chuff.  Will try to get a video up sometime tomorrow.

Now...would love to hear suggestions on what to pull behind this.

This site has some great pictures of BEDT 0-6-0

https://thetrolleydodger.com/2.../more-mystery-photos

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