Comments on: Electrical Pickup Troubles with Baldwin Modern 440 Locomotive

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 06:42:02 +0000

If it works until you try to move it then you might have an intermittant short. Have a good look between wheels and body for any metal slivers or oily dust that could provide an electrical pathway.I actually had a problem with a Triang loco that shorted periodically and found a small pin attached to the adhesion magnet.

By: William Keen

William Keen — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 20:48:35 +0000

It seems like the Tender and the Loco are wired in opposite polarity.

Turn the Tender around and see if it then works okay.

If so, simply change either the loco or the tender wiring to match.

By: Frank B

Frank B — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:56:01 +0000

1: Check electrical contact – clean wheel rims and wheel/axle pickups on loco and tender.

2: Does the tender pickup through its own wheels, or does it depend on the loco pickup for power ?
(So how is the problem different when the tender is connected to the loco ?)
(If powered by the loco, it may only operated briefly when disconnected.)

By: phil johnson

phil johnson — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 05:31:23 +0000

Do you have a short between the engine and tender. or is the engine causing the short. Check the engine with a Ohm meter