They are smooth, even if they aren't great pullers, true... Next time I
have mine apart, I will check the universal!
Bill Winans
Bob:
Before you give up on the Pacific, have you tried replacing the
universal shaft?? Those engines suffered from not enough weight on the
drivers and very poor quality plastic used for the universal shaft.
The shafts tend to slip under load (like a 2% grade!) and eventually
the collar will crack and the motor will hum nicely while the
locomotive goes nowhere! Yours could be in the "slip" stage.
I've replaced the shafts in mine and they routinely pull 6 - 9 car milk
and passenger trains, all brass cars... The Pacific's aren't great
pullers, but they should do better than you describe...
Jim K.
P.S. On the up side, those Pacific's were the first locomotives delivered
with a ball bearing coreless can motor!
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