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Hi,    This is my first post. I just dug out my 25 year old box of model railroad stuff. Great intentions but a project never started.. $125.00 1983 dollars worth of brass Atlas HO rail. I wish I'd known about nickel rail. Maybe it didn't exist then. I don't remember.    I hooked up my barely used 25 year old MRC Control Master I. It works fine except the momentum circuit is VERY slow to respond. It takes a long time to start moving and when it stops the power is never completely cut off to the track. The motor in my Athearn diesel/electric continues to buzz (great for the brushes and commutator I'm sure), and the headlight continues to flicker dimmly. I'm a fairly good tinkerer-just enought to be dangerous so I played with the pots inside which helped slightly with the buzzing shutdown but there is something else wrong. Bad capacitors, etc.? I know it worked much better than this when new. I'm going to waste way too much time on this no matter what. Can someone please help this stubborn buffoon... I'm not gonna throw it away. Did I mention I own a Radio Shack?Any helpful advice will be appreciated. I can get any part that's in this thing. I'd just like to get it right the third or fourth time, and maybe save some time/money!Thanks, Todd
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