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I have the Bachmann Civil War set and had it set up around the Christmas tree last year. Everything ran fine at first, but then one day my kids came to me very upset. The locomotive did not run. You turned on the power and it just sat there and hummed. I fiddled with it for a while. Then my 3 year son brought me a little plastic rod and asked if this was important. He told me it fell off the locomotive. This rod is very important. Without it the locomotive will not run. It goes in a slot in the tender and in the locomotive. The gears in the tender turn it and it then turns the locomotive's drive wheels. It is no fun to replace. You have to hold the tender and locomotive at the right angle and get in place. One thing I learned with this locomotive is make sure when you pick it up that the tender and locomotive stay level. The slightest bend and the rod pops out. Hope this helps. Tom
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