Author Topic: Atlas Code 55 #7 turnout and Bluebox Kato SD40  (Read 2152 times)

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Re: Atlas Code 55 #7 turnout and Bluebox Kato SD40
« Reply #30 on: November 23, 2023, 11:13:24 PM »
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Yeah, I will try to document this before and during surgery... With all the knowledge here on the forum, I was thinking surely this has been experienced before by you guys.. I am very new compared to most of you guys... It may take a little bit to get the data were looking for... gonna be busy today and tomorrow "chasing turkey" lol..

I'm all wore out from chasing turkey!  I've had the issue before with the frog grabbing the wheels of a locomotive or causing it to ride up over it. Like others have suggested, take a truck out of the locomotive you're having issues with and see what it does close up. The contacts that fit against the axle points may be to tight, not letting the axles shift in the truck as freely as some of the other locomotives. If the axles are properly in gauge, you could take the truck apart and bend the brass contacts outwards slightly on the 2 outside axle cups. This will allow the axles to shift a little more freely which can possibly help in this situation and others.

Don't eat to much!!


Benjamin H