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       'New' Lionel FM Trainmasters Derailing
       By: DJPODS Date: January 24, 2017, 9:00 am
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       Over the last several months I purchased (new) the following six
       Lionel FM Trainmasters:
       Virginian 6-8950
       Southern Pacific 6-8951
       Chicago & North Western 6-8056
       Santa Fe 6-8157
       Jersey Central 6-8687
       Southern 6-18301
       The first three I purchased (the early versions) ran just fine
       in both directions, no problems. However, with the Santa Fe and
       Jersey Central FM I’m experiencing problems with one of the
       train’s trucks de-railing at random areas of track (not at the
       switches by the way) for no apparent reason. Sometimes it might
       be the forward truck, sometimes the rear and direction doesn’t
       seem to make a difference, at some point a truck will de-rail.
       Just FYI, I am running on Super-O track powered by a (275
       watt) ZW transformer. I have several Lionel post war engines
       that run all day long with no issue. I have inspected the entire
       track for possible causes such as connection, rail mismatch,
       etc. but can find nothing apparent that could cause these
       derailments.
       I have also ‘bench tested’ these FM’s (off track) but they
       seem to run as expected. My only guess as to these derailments
       is that for some reason one truck loses power or possibly tries
       to change direction. Since this derailment happens very
       suddenly, cutting off all power it’s impossible to tell just
       what’s happening at that moment …it’s driving me CRAZY!!!
       Can someone please help me with this problem or offer some
       constructive advice as to how I can correct this?
       Thanks in advance!
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