Have never seen this before. Put my new Sw-1 on the track in Legacy mode, set to diesel switcher, all good, tried to move forward and the loco inched ahead, as I added power the loco just slipped and you could see the trucks shift laterally (what appeared to be a lot of lateral play in the wheelsets). Brand new, so new traction tires are on the wheels. Anyone else seeing this? Ideas? Control is set to Legacy and diesel switcher. Traction tires look good. Track is clean. Thanks!
Raif Palmer
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What exactly happened? Did it stop moving?
A Video would be helpful.
Sorry - it moves a bit in forward and reverse, the trucks shift laterally a bit, and the wheels slip. Brand new out of the box traction tires. I will post a video. Thanks.
Sounds like one truck is locked up, maybe the driveshaft has disconnected from a truck??
Pete
Nailed it! Thanks Norton, I looked more carefully, was not looking for that. Front truck shaft linkage is missing/broken. Thank you!
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