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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by jbinkley60 Just installed a DCC decoder in my Athearn RTR Dash 9 tonight. Nice grinding sound and stalls on clean track. It's been in the box a couple of years. I'll set it off to the side for now and work on detailing my Kato Dash 9. [/quote] jbinkley: Some Athearn mechanisms are lubricated with light machine oil. Unfortunately, light machine oil evaporates rather easily over long periods of storage (a couple years certainly qualify), so you need to relube your Athearn. I would do a complete disassembly of the trucks to do the relubing, and also take the opportunity to ensure all the electrically-conductive parts (wheels, square brass axle shims, bolsters, contact strips, etc.) are not rusted. This is not unique to Athearns of course... I had some P2Ks and Atlases that also needed reconditioning to get them to run right when bringing them out of mothballs.
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