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Tracman thanks for the advice. This engine was given to me by my father when I was born in 1966 so for me I will look for someone locally who maybe specializes in these repairs and go from there. Thanks for the replies guys, Jeff

Hello, I need (think) to put a new worm wheel in my Lionel 736 Berkshire locomotive (magnatraction). The engine goes in reverse well but when going forward there is alot of slipping or grinding. The gear on the engine armature is good. Is the procedure hard to do? I'd hate to ruin the locomotive...

David, great site I was able to view a complete diagram of both the track and remote controller and compare to my wiring which by some stretch of luck was correct :D Thank you very much for you advice, Jeff

Hello, I had to replace the wiring on this controller and it seems to operate correctly when uncoupling cars. My question is the other button which says unload and just as an experiment I ran a car over it and pushed the button and the car uncoupled. It seems to have the same function as the...

David, just tried what you said and it works! I feel ab-it embarrassed :oops:, but I am really pleased to have corrected this aggravation. Thank you very much for the quick reply, Jeff

Quite the rookie here so I hope I make sense. I have two track switches(O22) hooked up and they work well using the track power. I decided to try the direct wire plugs so to avoid the varying power when it was run with the throttle. I put each wire from the switches on the 14v post (C) and they...