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It's a Diesel Switcher #225. Dark blue with Chesapeake & Ohio markings. Scouring pad seems like a good idea since it still hits some slow spots on the track. It goes fine if it's above half throttle, but at half throttle it still wants to stop in certain places. Do you know when these were made...

Thanks for all your advice. The suggestion to go inside the locomotive was what did it. Once I took the lid off, I found two spots in the motor where it said "OIL" and when I put oil there, as well as some other obvious spots like the gears, it completely solved the problem!!! When I was a kid...

Hello. I have a Lionel train set that's about 50 years old. The 15 VAC transformer works, and the train runs, but it's very slow and seems like it's having trouble. It seems to almost stop at certain places in the track (especially on turns). There is a strong ozone smell when the train is...