The Hobo Camp Fire Is going well #VI.. Stop In!!!

[Running Bear]

Sorry to hear that. I would hope your nephew would have a bit of compassion and at least help with the repairs since he could have avoided this whole thing. Again, the best of luck...

I don't look forward to receiving any help from him.

*

Well today I took a good look at an early 50's Varney F3A. The particular item of interest was the motor which appears to be original to the model. The motor was stiff and didn't run well. At full power it would just creep. I clipped a pair of powered leads to it and turned the throttle up and bathed it in CRC 2-26. The effect was slow at first but then the motor started picking up speed, quickly increasing it's RPM's until I dared not run it any faster. There was a bunch of black gunk pouring out of it. This morning the loco couldn't get out of the way of an anemic snail. Now it runs super fast! I sprayed the gears as well.

Didn't have a chance to work on the Athearn drive. Maybe tomorrow.