Just got back from the little choochoo

Little Choo Choo Shop in Spencer NC?  How are Steve and Ann these days? One of my two favorite shops when I lived in Charlotte, NC from 1993-2002. The other was Rich Peabody's shop on Albemarle  Road.

So, what cured the engine problem? Would you post that in the engine thread from earlier. It may help others with a similar problem.

Good to hear about a fruitful shop visit.

Moonman posted:

So, what cured the engine problem? Would you post that in the engine thread from earlier. It may help others with a similar problem.

Good to hear about a fruitful shop visit.

Well for one thing I did not have enough smoke fluid.So I burned out the wick which my repairman replaced.I was also told that it takes time and power to get the smoke unit to work.You see I use a mth z4000.I didn,t know TCMM locomotives act different with.You see I did not want to over fill the smoke unit.Lets just say its a real hassle to clean up.And I am redoing a curve on my layout.I am using 072 curve in this one part.That should take care of that.

Tinplate Art posted:

Little Choo Choo Shop in Spencer NC?  How are Steve and Ann these days? One of my two favorite shops when I lived in Charlotte, NC from 1993-2002. The other was Rich Peabody's shop on Albemarle  Road.

She is in a wheel chair now.She answers the phone and put them through.I did not see steve this time around.I was at a train show in hickory nc.When I ran into southern rwy sean.It was fun to talk for a few minutes.Oh and his dad and son where there to.The only down side is I did not know just how far hickory is from monroe nc.

seaboardm2 posted:

Moonman posted:

So, what cured the engine problem? Would you post that in the engine thread from earlier. It may help others with a similar problem.

Good to hear about a fruitful shop visit.

Well for one thing I did not have enough smoke fluid.So I burned out the wick which my repairman replaced.I was also told that it takes time and power to get the smoke unit to work.You see I use a mth z4000.I didn,t know TCMM locomotives act different with.You see I did not want to over fill the smoke unit.Lets just say its a real hassle to clean up.And I am redoing a curve on my layout.I am using 072 curve in this one part.That should take care of that.

Please share and/or enlighten me. What is this about a Z-4000 and TMCC not playing well together? Thanks in advance for your explanation.

My Lionel TMCC and Legacy locos run just fine with my Z4000. Never had any issues.

seaboardm2 posted:

Moonman posted:

So, what cured the engine problem? Would you post that in the engine thread from earlier. It may help others with a similar problem.

Good to hear about a fruitful shop visit.

Well for one thing I did not have enough smoke fluid.So I burned out the wick which my repairman replaced.I was also told that it takes time and power to get the smoke unit to work.You see I use a mth z4000.I didn,t know TCMM locomotives act different with.You see I did not want to over fill the smoke unit.Lets just say its a real hassle to clean up.And I am redoing a curve on my layout.I am using 072 curve in this one part.That should take care of that.

There should be a smoke/no smoke switch on the engine. Then, you can safely run it without burning the wick when you don't want smoke.

I think you were given a story about the Z-4000 not playing well with TMCC/Legacy engines. The only issue that you may encounter is perhaps the horn or bell not working on a Lionel engine with an MTH transformer in conventional mode.

If you need some help changing the track arrangement, let me know.

yep, 100 mile runs can feel like a long run.

I hope all works out for you now. Enjoy the engine and the layout.

Tinplate Art posted:

Little Choo Choo Shop in Spencer NC?  How are Steve and Ann these days? One of my two favorite shops when I lived in Charlotte, NC from 1993-2002. The other was Rich Peabody's shop on Albemarle  Road.

That brought back some memories.........

Rich is a great guy and I stopped at TRAINS LLC a few times a week. He sold me my MTH N&W J 611 that started me in O scale........and funny that someone brought up seeing SRR Sean......I worked with Sean at First Union and he is why I went to see Rich.....after Sean showed me his MTH J....I had to have one. 

Spent a lot of time at Little Choo Choo and Spencer too.......good old days.

SURFLINER posted:

seaboardm2 posted:

Moonman posted:

So, what cured the engine problem? Would you post that in the engine thread from earlier. It may help others with a similar problem.

Good to hear about a fruitful shop visit.

Well for one thing I did not have enough smoke fluid.So I burned out the wick which my repairman replaced.I was also told that it takes time and power to get the smoke unit to work.You see I use a mth z4000.I didn,t know TCMM locomotives act different with.You see I did not want to over fill the smoke unit.Lets just say its a real hassle to clean up.And I am redoing a curve on my layout.I am using 072 curve in this one part.That should take care of that.

Please share and/or enlighten me. What is this about a Z-4000 and TMCC not playing well together? Thanks in advance for your explanation.

Some time I will get the bell instead of the whistle.But it runs pretty good.

seaboardm2 posted:

SURFLINER posted:

seaboardm2 posted:

Moonman posted:

So, what cured the engine problem? Would you post that in the engine thread from earlier. It may help others with a similar problem.

Good to hear about a fruitful shop visit.

Well for one thing I did not have enough smoke fluid.So I burned out the wick which my repairman replaced.I was also told that it takes time and power to get the smoke unit to work.You see I use a mth z4000.I didn,t know TCMM locomotives act different with.You see I did not want to over fill the smoke unit.Lets just say its a real hassle to clean up.And I am redoing a curve on my layout.I am using 072 curve in this one part.That should take care of that.

Please share and/or enlighten me. What is this about a Z-4000 and TMCC not playing well together? Thanks in advance for your explanation.

Some time I will get the bell instead of the whistle.But it runs pretty good.

P.S I have also fixed my curve section of track.It was to tight for the locomotive.I used 1 072 curve with a 054 and the last section atlas o 081.No more derailment of the front wheel.