hi ill bet if you take the motor out and rotate the wheels by hand you will find the binding, side rod or something out of time as some people have mentioned earlier timing has to be right for the side rods and piston rod assembly and if there off or someone has taken a wheel off and pressed it back on and not in the right position it will bind and jam!
Alan
Mike
I really wish that you hadn't taken the boiler off. This was definitely a simple bind in the side rods probably from shipping. The Odometer 00.00.7 Chrono 00:15:00 shows that this engine was barely used. You have a new problem since you removed the boiler. I have a feeling you might have piched a wire from the tach reader or disturbed the tach reader. It was not binding before I sent it.
Ben, if I realized where he got it, I'd have given different advice. 
I think the source of the problem is definitely the rear left wheel. When I removed the rods etc from the wheel the binding issue went away.
I am confident I have not pinched wires etc by removing the boiler, I used utmost care in doing so and made sure everything went back in nicely. Plus it was the only real way to troubleshoot issues with the rods.
This morning when I ran the train it ran properly for a minute or two then bound up again - after a short period where it seemed to race. When it was running it seemed to hold smph accurately.
Re :the rear left wheel... Does the bolt that holds the side rod on the wheel slide through the side rod easily ?
I hope the rear left driver is not slipping on the axle.. probably not...
Maybe try loosening and tightening up that bolt again... Is there any side rod slack at that point?
Mike
If you want to take a trip to the club we can take a look at it to see whats wrong Otherwise I would be glad to refund you It has to be something simple because it was 100% before the list
I'd be happy to come by to the club - all I really want is to get it working - I'd only have to go searching for another of the exact same engine if I got the refund
My email is mike.w.owen@icloud.com - give me a shout and let's talk details
Ok, Check quartering of the wheels and also the eccentric crank for proper alignment and fixed in place via the screw/bolt. G
Mike, I'm sure Ben will fix you right up, I'd just take it over to the club and you'll have a working locomotive.
Wanted to post in here again to let everyone know the engine is now working great! Ben is a stand up guy who took the train, repaired it and returned it to me - thanks Ben!!
What was wrong with it? G
Glad you like the engine Mike It is brand new really Have a feeling it got knocked around a little on the first shipping One of the rods was loose and slipped so the drivers were working against each other ( Quartering) Enjoy it
Thank you. Glad it all worked out. G
What's that engine graveyard in the middle, is the glue to put them back together? 
Haha - the glue is for the ballast laying!
As for the engine graveyard - those guys are very much alive, just 'resting' while I move stuff around!
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