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If anyone buys a TYCO or Mantua the engine runs jerky (rapidly speed up, slow down, speed up, slow down), the engine isn't regulating the voltage properly. There's something called "Railzip." I have a TYCO AT&SF 4-6-0 and a Mantua ICRR 2-8-2, and a close friend of mine put railzip on the screws that held the tender trucks on, and the engines have run smoother (not 100%, but smoother, no jerking). The 2-8-2 had it's screws removed, railzip put in, and the screws put back in (the railzip needs to get under the screws). The engines have run great ever since.
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