ok, i have 2 of the same types of engines (same manufacturer, different road names). they're either FA7's or F7's from REA (now Aristo Craft). but they're are BOTH the EXACT same model engine except, again, the different road names. anyway, the NYC engine starts to move faster than the UP. have you ever heard this? i just don't know what it could be. the track IS dirty i'll admit, could that be it? cause i'll have them both right behind each other and you can TELL that the NYC starts to move before UP starts to roll. then i up the control abit and then the UP starts to move. i mean it's just like a split second thing, but i'd like it for them BOTH to start moving at the same time, knowwhadimean? it's really bugging me. or could it be just the way it was made? hopefully someone replies since there hasn't been any posts here for some time now. hopefully ya'll know what i'm talking about. thanks keep in mind that i know this isn't a tech support page
Doesn't sound like it is too serious. Check and clean the track and wheels and try them again. Are they both new? Could just need running in to free them up a bit. When you run them singly, is one much faster than the other? Try them at different throttle settings, sometimes it is just at the low settings where you notice a difference. If there is a lot of difference there could be some friction in some part of the mechanism. Good luck with the investigation ------------------ Alan The perfect combination - BNSF and N Scale! www.ac-models.com Andersley Western Railroad Alan's American Gallery Alan's European Gallery Alan's British Steam Gallery
thanks for the reply. no, when they both run by themselves, they both seem to run at the same speed (pretty fast i might add compared to my white pass LGB diesel. i thought about paring all 3 of them together, it looks weird tho, but can't do it cause both REA's run much faster than the white pass at full throttle). the friction between mechanism, i'd have to take the body off in order to check that out, huh? <gulp> i'll check it all out when i go home next week. oh and no they're not new. i got them about 2 years ago and i just started running them within this month. could that be it? thanks
i just thought of something. i have that aristo craft train engineer controller. you know that hand held remote control one paired up with a 10 amp PS. could it be that the NYC engine sucks up more power than the UP engine? or enough power isn't going to the UP engine? oh wait, nevermind cause even w/o NYC on the same track the UP still doesn't start up as quickly as the NYC one. the problem could just be the UP engine itself. i don't remember if it did this when i first got it or not since it was a while ago (2 years).
All Aristo diesel engines should run at the same speed, but often they don't. The problems is usually binding within a brick. This can be fixed, see instructions at Aristo Brick Fix - gws [This message has been edited by gwschreyer (edited 08 July 2000).]
nice! thank you. i'll read more of that later on. looks good so far. i was also told i should just replace both trucks instead. don't have the money to do that quite yet.
Don't replace them unless they are totally non functional. With some care, they old ones will run just as well as the new ones. - gws
