rbwhale
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While I still had visions of getting my Garden railroad to run, I acquired four locomotives, an Aristocraft RS-3, a USA Trains GP-9, an Aristocraft NW-2, and an Aristocraft Lil' Critter. I ran them all for perhaps 12 to 20 hours each before 2 landslides, moles, and a blown rotator cuff convinced me that God was sending me a message.
I put the engines on the shelf in 2012 and, with the exception of the Lil' Critter, which I run around our tree for several days during Christmas every year, none of them has been run an inch.
I finally decided to sell them at a train showbut, to my surprise, None of them run except the Lil' Critter. The lights come on, the smoke works, but aside from a few fits and starts they just don't move. What could be the problem. My wife's sewing machine froze up after a similar period of inactivity so does the lubricants in the motor blocks freeze up of congeal after a long period of non use. And if the is what happened, can the engines be restored by me, or is this a job for an (expensive) specialist?
Any ideas are welcome.
Thanks
I put the engines on the shelf in 2012 and, with the exception of the Lil' Critter, which I run around our tree for several days during Christmas every year, none of them has been run an inch.
I finally decided to sell them at a train showbut, to my surprise, None of them run except the Lil' Critter. The lights come on, the smoke works, but aside from a few fits and starts they just don't move. What could be the problem. My wife's sewing machine froze up after a similar period of inactivity so does the lubricants in the motor blocks freeze up of congeal after a long period of non use. And if the is what happened, can the engines be restored by me, or is this a job for an (expensive) specialist?
Any ideas are welcome.
Thanks
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