Lionel #6 slider shoe

[Kens std gauge]

Hi everyone, newby here and std gauge newby too.  I recently bought a number 6 locomotive and serviced it. It runs great but tends to stall over switches due to its single short slider shoe.  I thought about creating a new longer one from brass that will allow it to bridge the 3rd rail contact points better.  Does something like this exist? Is there another solution I should consider? Whatever I do needs to be reversible back to the original configuration so no mods to frame, etc. 

Thanks!

ken

[rlplionel]

I'm not familiar with your locomotive, Ken. Is it possible to add a second pickup roller to the bottom of the engine? If not, could you extend the locomotive wiring into a trailing car that has a pickup roller?

Robert

http://robertstrains.com/

[Kens std gauge]

That is an excellent idea. The #6 is a very early steam locomotive that has a terminal stud in the cab to power a string of lights in trailing passenger cars that are unlit.  Once I get some suitable early series cars to pull behind it, I could wire a roller onto that terminal.  I suppose I could add a roller to the tender too. I'm not sure there are rollers made for the early trucks but I like this idea better than modifying the locomotive.

thanks