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i contacted a manufacturer about the rubber band loco, but they said gilbert never made a rubberband loco. is it common to place the shell of the loco on another frame/motor the shell looks like a Gilbert ALCO DIESEL A UNIT - New Haven

I ended up taking the noisy diesel apart last night to clean it. i found a nice size hair ball at each wheel and in most of the gears. havn't finished yet but i think this will fix my problem quick question: how do you remove the wheels? i thought i read somewhere you need a special...

I will have to check the wheel flanges tonight, but I know the rubber bands are turned the right way on the other one. I think the motor has just lost some of its magnetism and isn't strong enough to pull a load.

I belive it is a Gilbert HO Train Set (1955-1957).

I have be given an old HO train set and want to get it running good again. Most of the set is from the mid 1950s. I have set an oval layout up to test and I have gotten one of the locomotives(diesel with geared drivetrain) to work, but its loud. It sounds like something is dragging across...