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[quote user="selector"] Ken, with every post and with every return of an Athearn sound-equipped steamer that you report, I renew my vow to never, but ever, purchase an Athearn.Anyway, your front truck is not mounted properly or else it is experiencing a retardation of its desire/need to slide and or turn to the left.  Disassemble (why you should have to do this on two successive locos is beyond me, but..) the truck and feel around and look for flashing, a burr, missing fasteners...whatever.  The spring apparently isn't doing much good, or it is overwhelmed by the fault, whatever it is.[/quote]Hear hear.I gotta say stop trying to run such a big engine on short radius, the first two axles of that first driving set are really off the rails and contribute nothing. never mind the crappy spring on that truck.Im sorry ive seen these photos, it only affirms my hardening determination to run big steam on big radius.. like 30"
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