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Post by dlagrua on Jul 3, 2024 20:14:02 GMT
If there is that much of a backlog of repair work everywhere doesn't that say something about workmanship, quality and reliability? My rule is that if a product lacks replacement part support and is not easy to fix, I just won't have it.
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Post by curtis on Jul 4, 2024 18:11:02 GMT
If there is that much of a backlog of repair work everywhere doesn't that say something about workmanship, quality and reliability? My rule is that if a product lacks replacement part support and is not easy to fix, I just won't have it. OR it means there are a lot of shelf Queens right now!
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Post by david1 on Jul 4, 2024 23:01:35 GMT
Or it means quality control is not very important to our train makers or supplying parts is not job1!!
Dave
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Post by dlagrua on Jul 4, 2024 23:40:46 GMT
If there is that much of a backlog of repair work everywhere doesn't that say something about workmanship, quality and reliability? My rule is that if a product lacks replacement part support and is not easy to fix, I just won't have it. OR it means there are a lot of shelf Queens right now! Like the Acela sets? These were a lot of problems with those too.
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Post by djjd on Jul 5, 2024 6:21:20 GMT
I run 50’s trains. Seems my 2055, 681, 736 engines and associated tenders only ever need rollers and brushes. Parts readily available.. I have some tmcc engines bought new, unused, and discounted, from eBay. The early, well made engines; they run great. My first gen. Trainmaster remote (not paying extortion prices charged for 990 remotes, which are not as easy to use for an old person) runs several “all the time powered loops” for tmcc engines. Then there are loops run by variable voltage command bases. Runs old engines like a ZW, but the ZW handle is the tmcc remote. What a great and convenient setup. Simply don’t have the income to buy a few train engines that quickly could equal the cost of a house. Yeah, they are technological marvels, but living on SS doesn’t allow the purchase of any of them. My used and old trains provide great fun and a great way to pass the time maintaining and running them. So, planning my railroad, I knew I would have to buy dependable equipment that can be repaired with available parts, to avoid having to send equipment away for repairs. If I cannot maintain it, I don’t buy it. The exceptions are tmcc engines. But, I can remove the electronics if I have to and install a good old E unit. Where there is a will to keep rolling, there is a way......Happy Railroading!!!
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Post by josef on Jul 5, 2024 9:44:05 GMT
The more gimmicks added, the more chances of something wrong. It can be the simplest spark on a rail as running and wipe out a board.
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Post by Traindiesel! on Jul 5, 2024 23:38:06 GMT
I like sparks. They're fun.
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Jul 5, 2024 23:45:59 GMT
I like sparks. They're fun. No, no, NO! It's like the smoke that actually powers all computers and other electronic devices -- every time puffs of smoke (or, for toy trains, *sparks*!) escape, the device usually stops working! 
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Post by Traindiesel! on Jul 6, 2024 6:27:37 GMT
I like sparks. They're fun. No, no, NO! It's like the smoke that actually powers all computers and other electronic devices -- every time puffs of smoke (or, for toy trains, *sparks*!) escape, the device usually stops working! The post war derailments were the best. All those pretty blue and silver flashes. Sometimes with the aid of a screwdriver across the rails. So pretty. I once had one of those HO trolleys that ran on overhead rails. Onetime the trolley poles disconnected from the overhead rails. It only made a tiny spark but the current started melting the plastic pole that held the overhead rails in place. That wasn’t on purpose, I was running other trains at the time and I was too far away from the HO power pack. I still have that set.
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Post by eddieg on Jul 7, 2024 1:41:26 GMT
Traindiesel, Did you get your front tooth fixed yet?
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Post by Traindiesel! on Jul 7, 2024 7:05:04 GMT
Traindiesel, Did you get your front tooth fixed yet?
But, ummm, what tooth?
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Post by steveoncattailcreek on Jul 7, 2024 13:29:39 GMT
Traindiesel, Did you get your front tooth fixed yet?
But, ummm, what tooth? Well no *wonder* Hennings is backed up on repairs, if they've decided to expand into dental work! 
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Post by healey36 on Jul 7, 2024 15:50:08 GMT
No, no, NO! It's like the smoke that actually powers all computers and other electronic devices -- every time puffs of smoke (or, for toy trains, *sparks*!) escape, the device usually stops working! The post war derailments were the best. All those pretty blue and silver flashes. Sometimes with the aid of a screwdriver across the rails. So pretty. I once had one of those HO trolleys that ran on overhead rails. Onetime the trolley poles disconnected from the overhead rails. It only made a tiny spark but the current started melting the plastic pole that held the overhead rails in place. That wasn’t on purpose, I was running other trains at the time and I was too far away from the HO power pack. I still have that set. I thought that was what tinsel was for (back when they actually made it from metal bits)...
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Post by BobS2056 on Jul 7, 2024 20:27:29 GMT
I have a few modern locomotives with electronic boards, BUT majority of my locomotives are prewar and postwar, and I can repair, and parts are not an issue getting, so I will stick with my old trains.
I would think if Henning's Trains being backed up on repairs, if it is electronics repairs they have several outside train repair specialist they could send them to.
Bob
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