I have a Lionel PWC 6-11106 N and W 746 and it suddenly started acting very weirdly and I can't figure it out. I had a friend over this afternoon to show him the projects I've been working on the last few months and the last thing we did was get out my new Bachrus roller set and put an engine on it. I used this engine (it was the first engine I tested on the stand when I got the rollers a few weeks ago and everything was fine). Today I put it up on the rollers and ......a headlight and no movement. I put some other engines up there and they all ran fine. So......I told my friend....."I know what I'll be doing when you leave". I just spent the last three hours working on it. I took the shell off and resoldered any wiring that looked loose or pinched. I was using alligator clips to power it and it seemed that it would run with the shell off, but not on. Then I got it to run with the shell on and on the roller stand. Put it on my layout.....nothing but a light. Put it back up on the rollers and it ran. Checked my layout transformer with other engines.....they all ran fine. But every time I took it off the rollers and onto the layout, it wouldn't run. How can that be? Just now it was running a bit erratically on the rollers, but I could get it to run. I'm tired and hungry now and need a break from it. It has TMCC, but I was running conventional. If anyone has any ideas as to what the problem could be, I'd appreciate the input.
Roger
