Lionel Santa-Fe AC6000

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Originally posted by bigdodgeramtrain:
smokes real good. what is up with the second engine hardly any smoke?

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I would say the second unit smokes normal, and the AC6000 smokes like an old Alco.

At the end of the month i am also getting the Lionel Santa Fe AC6000

zwbob,

 It looks sweet! The WarBonnett Scheme look Great on any diesel! I hope to acquire the Western Maryland 'Heritage' variant and the Legacy control system at some point.

Enjoy!

Henry J 

Will this locomotive work on Curve: O- 36 tracks or do i have to use Minimum Curve: O-42

works just fine on O36

My MTH BNSF warbonnet AC6000, is one of my favorite looking and running engines.

Jack 

I  odered the Lionel O 6-28339 Santa Fe AC6000 #9876 Diesel Locomotive  w/Legacy today from this online hobby shop today it was the last one in stocked i paid $487.09 for it  why does it say Minimum Curve: O-42 and will it still run on  my 036 layout 

because that is the minimum curve it will go around with out coming off the track.

http://www.lionel.com/products/finder/ProductDetail.cfm?ProductNumber=6-28339&CatalogUID=8C234138-F82C-8198-7095DE9745E5B102&PageID=2002

does any of your ac6000 have a woble to them

Joker,

Yes! Mine does, and I have looked at all the obvious potential causes such as tires, a visible bump or out-of-round wheel, but none of these have been it. I have not run it upside down to see if perhaps an axle is bent because I am not sure whether it can be run like that as if it were a conventional engine.

Alex

i did a little more looking at mine and it looks like one of the tires is not the same thickness all the way around. so i jope thats what it is.

i swaped out all the traction tires that came with my ac6000 and still had the problem. so i tried a set of mth traction tires, now smooth as glass. guess lionel may have had a bad batch of tires they all seemed to have half of the tire to thick.

Mine wobbles too.

Joker,

". . . so i tried a set of mth traction tires, now smooth as glass."

Which MTH tires did you use?

Thx!

Alex

here is mth tires

http://www.traindoctor.com/service/mth/railking.php

DE-0000014

Traction Tire Type O

DE-0000015

Traction Tire 15mm x 3.0 mm

DE-0000022

Traction Tire 22mm x 3.1mm

DE-0000023

Traction Tire 23mm x 3.5mm

DE-0000025

Traction Tire Type 25.6 mm x 3.5 mm

DE-0000027

Traction Tire Type 3 27 mm X 3.5 mm

DE-0000029

Traction Tire Type 4 29 mm x 3.5 mm

DE-0000031

Traction Tire Type 5 31 mm x 3.5 mm

DE-0000057

Traction Tire 57 mm x 4.5 mm For Hudson #1 Gauge

DE-1050038

Traction Tire 23mm x 3.5mm USE DE-0000023

Would it not be easier to just call Lionel service and request new tires to replace the defective ones? I'm sure they'll ship them N/C.

I have this engine. I'll be checking mine this weekend. 

Joe

im not sure which one i used, they were in my gp-38-2 box. so i just tried them and it fixed the problem. it would be easier to call lionel but it was 2am when i started to mess with it. i will still call lionel and see about getting some more.

talked to lionel and they did send me another set free of charge just as you said JC

i got my Lionel Santa-Fe AC6000 yesterday do i have to remove the trucks to oil it

Lionel LEGACY AC6000 Product Overview Video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...&feature=related

Flemming: You shouldn't have to remove the trucks to oil the engine; just follow the diagrams in the instruction manual. The only reason to remove the trucks would be to add some grease in the gearbox or oil the lower motor shaft bushings.

My 6000 has great sounds however they are to low in volume, the other trains drown the sound out to a point that you cannot hear them at all 10 feet away. Other then that it is a sweet engine.