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Thanks, that article was fun to write. I have not had trouble with the cover plates on MDC locomotives, but I did have a Mantua that did. One work of caution, never file the axle slots. I clean up the edges with a file, but I never file the slots. I did that to the first MDC locomotive I built and it ran very poor. to fix a tight slot I file the space below the axle on the cover plate. I will run the file once or twice across the spot, then check it, than file again, then check again. I try to remove as little as possible, just enough to get ride of the bind. some shim brass (.002 or .003) from K&S might work also. ACC some small pieces flanking the troubled axle slot.
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