I was able to pick up a Lionel General at a decent price and wanted a bit of old, good looking steam to run around so I was pretty happy. I thought it'd be a great candidate for a cruise lite but it is much smaller than I expected.
I managed to wedge the board in above the weight in the floor of the loco, it's a very tight fit. At slow speeds it seems to struggle a bit once a revolution. I have a feeling something might be binding something but wanted to check in to see if it might be the motor. This motor is very small and I haven't worked on one of those before so perhaps it can't handle slow speed? I had this guy running around pulling 4 atlas horizon cars just for fun and it worked like a champ but struggled up a small grade (think it's too light, some wheel spin).
Has anyone done one of these with a cruise lite (or similar?). I thought about gutting the tender but not sure if it will fit with all the sounds stuff. I'm actually pretty happy with the entry level trainsounds or whatever they are called, and if I can get the whistle trigger to work that'd be great (haven't tried yet, want to get the power right first) and would be all I need.
Thanks!
