Help with Thomas The Tank locomotive

I have no idea why that thread may have been removed.  Last time I read it there was some very useful information included.

Hopefully, Lee will see your post and reply directly to you.

That said, I don't think I would advise your brother-in-law to disassemble Thomas in advance of just giving him a test run first.  Chances are better than good that Thomas will work just fine right out of the box.  Mine did.

Hi Allan,

Thanks for the prompt response.  I agree, I'm sure Thomas will run just fine but if you recall, Lee said that both of his ran for about 20 hours before failing.  I'd hate for our grandson to become dissappointed within that time frame.  Based upon what I recall Lee having stated in his threads; one Thomas was fixed by simply pushing the connector on firmly.  The other Thomas' connection was loose enough that it appeared that quite a bit of heat had built up in tha female connector and actually enlarged one of the female holes and that led to the brass female end becoming dislocated within the enlarged hole of the connector.

If my Brother-In-Law could just "pop the top" and make sure the connector is properly seated, perhaps we could avoid a disaster...

Best,

Dave

I have noticed threds dissappearing from time to time for no reason. I have found that if a search is done for them they can be found and if accessed will again appear in the main list. Have no idea why this happens.

Al

Dave:  I received your e-mail and have forwarded it to Lee.

I would understand if OGR decided to e iminate that feature and reserve deletion for forum moderators, etc, but it is nice, in my opinion, because it allowed me to save you the trouble, and more generally it allows anyone to eliminate a thread they think has been hijacked - knowing that might keep people from doing so and make people a little more respectful of "forum decorum" so to speak. 

Actually, it doesn't really save the moderators any trouble.  If anything it makes more work for them and the search for your earlier missing thread by another participant here provides a prime example.  The moderators take the blame, and without foundation.

No - it was not you.  

I certainly was no trying to make trouble for anyone.  But I must admit it was frustrating to see a good thread alerting forum members to a potential problem suddenly turn combustible with some rants about Chinese quality, etc.  One set was really on the edge of being offensive, but perhaps I should have left it for Allan, who would have probably taken care of that morning.

Anyway, I will get to the Thomas stuff soon.  I feel like laying a bit more track/patching up terrain I tore up this afternoon.  

Sorry I caused a problem. I'll use the alert next time.  

And I've posted once before and will admit again you guys didn't do it: I did it.  I did it in mid evening when I saw to posts that followed one of mine that started into a rant/argument about manufacturing quality, foreign workers, and politics.  I don't mind the topic although I think its worn pretty thin here - but no need to get nasty & uncivil.   

I'll put the info back a post about the problem and such.