I just purchased a brand new Con Cor 4-8-4 "N" Steam Locomotive. I brought it home and eagerly placed it gingerly on my layout. When I ran the engine much to my dismay I found the engine would not go by a single remote control switch on my layout. The engine bumps into the plastic housing on every switch on my layout. Has anyone else run into this sort of problem? Anyone have a fix for this other than returning the engine? Thanks!
--Scott
You would have to determine just where and how it is hitting and go from there. Perhaps something on the locomotive can be modified, perhaps not. Pilot truck sideframes? The pilot itself, maybe. Sometimes realizations such as these lead to building a new layout without those built in switch machines. Peco track is usually pretty good, along with some other brands...............
-John
Yes, but you're not going to like it...
Use under table switch machines, hand ground throws, or remote mounting of the machines you've got.
The problem isn't the locomotive. I've got one of them, too. You'll find more than one kind of steamer has the same problem with obstructions next to the track.
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