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Holiday Tradition Express Turd |
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By: davidsep30 Date: December 23, 2022, 12:16 pm |
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My mother gave each one of my siblings and I the Holiday |
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Tradition Express G Gauge (I think) over twelve years ago. There |
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were a total of six given out and none of us have been able to |
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get the train to run consistently. In fact, mine has ran a total |
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of two times in its lifetime. The second cart powers the engine, |
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but it's like the metal contacts short out the instance it |
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starts to move. I have cleaned the metal train tracks where the |
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contacts touch, I have cleaned the metal contacts under the |
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carts, and I have moved the train just slightly along the track |
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for hours to see if the train would get started at some length |
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of the track and keep running. It so frustrating. I am starting |
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to wonder if the trains were all defective in design or batch. |
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It's so sad because this year my mother is actually visiting me |
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for Christmas and I have tried so hard to get it to run (she |
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lives across the country). Any suggestions to help me get this |
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thing running would be great. video link is here |
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https://youtu.be/BHrtcSz0eLQ |
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Re: Holiday Tradition Express Turd |
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By: Sam Mamish Date: December 23, 2022, 10:02 pm |
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Oh, boy. I have a whole lot of #1 gauge. We tried Lionel G early |
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on. |
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The last "powered" chassis were dug out and given away this past |
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summer. |
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Turd? Oh, yes. |
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The second car powers it? Strange. |
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Drivers are bad, gunk up quickly. Yours have brushes that rub on |
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the back of the tires? |
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Q-tips and lighter fluid. |
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Is there a plug between second car and locomotive? |
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Re: Holiday Tradition Express Turd |
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By: davidsep30 Date: December 24, 2022, 11:02 am |
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I tried to upload some photos, but this message forum says the |
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folder is full. Here is a link to someone selling the same |
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train, it gives you an idea of the engine and second powering |
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car. |
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/334334982821 |
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Re: Holiday Tradition Express Turd |
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By: Sam Mamish Date: December 24, 2022, 7:55 pm |
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Oh, dear. Not one of those. |
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Anytime you have remotes like that, no idea. |
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So, is this "full track power and use the remote"? |
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