Bachmann Baldwin Playing Up

[JohnS]

I purchased a Bachmann Baldwin in July this year and it's been a lovely little runner up until yesterday when all of a sudden it started having trouble running in a forward direction. Going in reverse it's fine but when I try to get it to run forwards it will crawl for an inch or so and then just stop. I've checked the valve gear and coupling rods and can't see any damage.  Just wondering if anyone might have some idea about what's going on before I send it back to Bachmann under warranty.

[Crichworkshop2000]

I had same trouble with mine. I removed the tanks and where the chip should fit there is a substitute board for analogie operation. I took that off and refitted it and after that the loco worked fine. The only downside is that the lamps don't work now so while it's running fine I'm leaving it. Regards Andy

[JohnS]

I tried that with mine but it didn't make any difference

[Hugh Norwood]

I have seen one of these behave in a similar fashion - it ran fine in one direction but very slowly in the other - and at the same time taking a high current from the controller. I had seen posts about the "blanking" plug issue, and was asked to see it that was the cause.

On taking the loco apart, I re-seated the blanking plug a number of times, but it did not fix the problem. Something was getting hot, however - possibly on the blanking plug itself. (Hint: put your lower lip on the suspect item - you get a get indication of what is hotter than it should be!)

The person I was speaking with had another of these (which was fine) I suggested he try swapping over the blanking plugs to see if the fault stayed with the loco or transferred across with the plug. I haven't heard back from him as yet

[MickT]

(Hint: put your lower lip on the suspect item - you get a get indication of what is hotter than it should be!)

The person I was speaking with had another of these (which was fine) I suggested he try swapping over the blanking plugs to see if the fault stayed with the loco or transferred across with the plug. I haven't heard back from him as yet

Maybe he followed your "hint" as well and is currently in A&E........................?

Mick

[Tom Haythornthwaite]

I was SO tempted to post that, Mick.  Well played!

[B.Meldon]

I would have thought that these locos were still covered under manufactures warranty.
So if you have a fault why not take it back to where you got it from rather than messing about with it yourself?
I do however know that there are a couple of surface mount (ie tiny) diodes in the locos that can blow if the locos are used on some feedback controllers. (KPC

[Hugh Norwood]

I would have thought that these locos were still covered under manufactures warranty.
So if you have a fault why not take it back to where you got it from rather than messing about with it yourself?
I do however know that there are a couple of surface mount (ie tiny) diodes in the locos that can blow if the locos are used on some feedback controllers. (KPC

[B.Meldon]

I would have thought that these locos were still covered under manufactures warranty.
So if you have a fault why not take it back to where you got it from rather than messing about with it yourself?
I do however know that there are a couple of surface mount (ie tiny) diodes in the locos that can blow if the locos are used on some feedback controllers. (KPC

[cp.409067]

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I do however know that there are a couple of surface mount (ie tiny) diodes in the locos that can blow if the locos are used on some feedback controllers. (KPC

[B.Meldon]

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I do however know that there are a couple of surface mount (ie tiny) diodes in the locos that can blow if the locos are used on some feedback controllers. (KPC

[Hugh Norwood]

I would have thought that these locos were still covered under manufactures warranty.
So if you have a fault why not take it back to where you got it from rather than messing about with it yourself?
I do however know that there are a couple of surface mount (ie tiny) diodes in the locos that can blow if the locos are used on some feedback controllers. (KPC

[Hugh Norwood]

I would agree that if your loco is giving problems, the first action would be return it to the supplier for replacement/repair rather than take it to pieces.

[JohnS]

And that's precisely what I'm going to do tomorrow. Reseating the blanking plug didn't work so there's no point in delving any further. Interesting to hear that others have had the same problem.

[cp.409067]

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I do however know that there are a couple of surface mount (ie tiny) diodes in the locos that can blow if the locos are used on some feedback controllers. (KPC