My nephew has a newer AF engine (maybe 1960s ?) that he says only runs in reverse. I asked him if there was a little lever sticking out of the top of the engine, but he said "no". Did these plastic/non-whitewalls engines have a E-unit...and if so, how can you activate it? I only have very early postwar AF engines. Thanks.
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Some Flyer engines have the e-unit in the tender, with the lever sticking out between the trucks.
At least one engine has the e-unit in the cab area, with the control there. It's a plastic shelled locomotive.
C.W., Thanks for the reply. There is no lever in the tender, but in the cab there is a piece of metal that slides up and down. Wonder if that is it? Were there any engines that had NO E-unit?
C.W., Thanks for the reply. There is no lever in the tender, but in the cab there is a piece of metal that slides up and down. Wonder if that is it? Were there any engines that had NO E-unit?
That piece of metal is your reverse unit lockout. Push it all the way down for normal forward-reverse operation.
Later AF loco's with reverse had the 2 position reverse unit in the cab. On the bottom is a little T shaped slide that goes up to disable, or down to activate. It easily gets pushed up disabling the reverse unit. Make sure it's pulled down.
Thanks a million, guys. I'll let him know.
It worked! Thanks again. Everyone was impressed on this end that I got my answers within a hour.
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