Originally Posted by RickO:
Trainman9 must have me blocked for some reason..... really not that complicated, the blinking cab light, the noise from the smoke unit, and myself are all telling you the same thing. IT IS A BAD FAN MOTOR. I've gone into extensive length to explain having the same problem with the same loco and how to fix it.
Lionel is not going to say they installed 1000 bad smoke unit fan motors because they didn't know they were bad until folks started returning them for repairs caused by the same problem.
I don't have you blocked.