Hi Gang, I have a Lionel Jersey Central 611 switcher. It will not go theu a ladder track because of power rollers are on one truck. Its there any way to help this engine out. I have had this since childhood. Runs great on track with no switch.
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Is the spacing on your ladder track set so the 2 pick-up rollers are both on the bakelite frog?
Are you using Lionel 0 or 027 track, or a different brand of track? If it stalls because of spacing, about the only recourse is going to be swap out the power truck with a MPC switcher motor truck that has pick ups on it also and wire the power truck and the original truck together for a total of 4 pick-ups.
Chuck, thanks for your reply. It will stall on the ladder tracks on my lower level engine yard or on my upper level using a Ross Custom Switches. Your idea sounds pretty interesting. I will have to investigate.
Melvin
The 611 Jersey Central switcher is a 1 axle magne-traction engine, so by swapping the MPC power truck made for switchers in the 1970's with 2 traction tires will most likely increase tractive effort. They both mount the same way so swapping them out would be fairly easy. Just keep the original power truck if you want to replace it again. Now both motor truck and pick-up truck will have rollers and most likely take care of the stall problem. Should be able to find the power truck on Ebay sooner or later.
Chuck, thank you. Did a quick google search but came up dry, will keep hunting. Once again, thank you
Melvin
Well lookie what I found going through one of my motor boxes. Drop a line if interested.
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