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JHF,

   Just moving into our place a couple months ago I have not been able to spend much time running, most of the time is spent building and making changes we wanted to the house.  

I did get time to spend about an hour or so in the Train Room.  Marty E just upgraded my DCS TIU's and HHRC's to the 6.1 level so I ran some Trains today.  What a difference the 6.1 makes.  Everything now runs perfectly!   

PCRR/Dave

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Resurrected an old favorite this afternoon.  I cranked up my old Lionel 221 "Empire State Express" engine and accompanying Whistle Tender circa 1946/47 and had her hauling a few all metal 6442/6443 Pullman/Observation cars from 1947  around the layout.  She runs just as good as she did back in  the late 1940s.IMG_1616

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My Postwar 2026 Locomotive that I bought from an estate sale. It would hardly run.  I disassembled it cleaned out all of the dried up grease, dirt, hair, and lint. Removed the brushes from the motor sprayed contact cleaner over all of the contacts, gears and axles. Cleaned the gunk off the brushes so they now make proper contact instead of being stuck in the holder. Brushed away all the grime that was left. Polished the armature, lubed the shafts, gears and axles reassembled the motor , Washed the die cast body inside and out then dried it and reassembled it. It runs like a champ! It pulls all my post war rolling stock with ease. I actual feel like I accomplished something!

Noah posted:

My Postwar 2026 Locomotive that I bought from an estate sale. It would hardly run.  I disassembled it cleaned out all of the dried up grease, dirt, hair, and lint. Removed the brushes from the motor sprayed contact cleaner over all of the contacts, gears and axles. Cleaned the gunk off the brushes so they now make proper contact instead of being stuck in the holder. Brushed away all the grime that was left. Polished the armature, lubed the shafts, gears and axles reassembled the motor , Washed the die cast body inside and out then dried it and reassembled it. It runs like a champ! It pulls all my post war rolling stock with ease. I actual feel like I accomplished something!

Total victory is yours, Noah! Congratulations!

MELGAR posted:

I ran my MTH Premier PRR G5s steam locomotive #5740 with an N8 caboose. This is a PS1 model with a BCR that I run occasionally. It is well broken-in and runs almost as well as a speed controlled locomotive at low speeds. The sounds are very entertaining at higher speeds.

MELGAR

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Melgar, not only is your locomotive beautiful, so also are the pastel colored buildings in the background.

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