Just received mine today and they all have the same issue as yours. I lubed the axles and electrical pickups, but that did not make a noticeable performance difference. I agree with a statement you made - this is the worst performing rolling stock in my fleet as well. Additionally, my cars have a very noticeable rattle when the volume is on any level other than low. The volume doesn't have memory, so you need to adjust it every time you power it up if you prefer any level other than default. Visually, a beautiful model. But functionally, Scaletrains missed on this one. I'll be returning my units.
I know you will not want to hear this, but you might could loosen the wippers(pushing them away a little bit.) OR add some track wippers in one place to pick up power? That's the first thing that comes to mind. I had built my caboose lighting and made my own wheel pickups. I had to adjust them until I got the right.
This is so poor, a guy from our club got his today and they are all non free rolling. Scaletrains have a big QC issue with these. Best advice is to stay well clear of these
Would replacing the Scale Trains factory installed trucks with free rolling trucks do the trick? I would like ST to release these refrigerator cars undecorated.. I got a paint scheme in mind I want to use on these cars...
Hi Ernesto, We are aware of the rolling quality issues and our product development team is working with the factory on improvements to the cars. Since these were just released, no additional information is available at this time. Regards, Mark McAllister So far this is the best information.
