CrazyTrain

Our 2nd USA Train Engine just failed today. Looks like we broke a U-Joint drive, stripped out a worm drive gear and wallowed out the side frame bearings. This one only lasted about 4 weeks. Looking forward to testing out the MTH engine.

Thanks for the quick response. Will the MTH engine work with on our current G scale track? I would guess the engine ran an average of 4 to 6 hours per working day. We did start oiling the axles on the new engine but the first one had no maintnance preformed.

We have a G Scale train set up in our Lab at 3M that our Software Engineers use to trigger Cameras, RIFD readers and Lasers for their development. The first one lasted about a month before it started making some grinding noises like a gearbox failure. We sent that one back to be overhauled and bought another. The new one is now starting to get a little noisier after 3 weeks. We have about 5-7 lbs on top of the engine for mounting brackets to hold license plates and a foam core square on top for tripping a laser. The train is a SD40-2 from USA Trains. Pictures of the installation are attached. Is there a better more robust engine we should be looking at that will fit our G scale track? Any suggestions from the experts for improving our longevity of the engines would be greatly appriciated. Thanks in advance. CrazyTrain