August 22
Two steps forward, one step back. Got all of the decoders installed, but quickly discovered that two appeared to have suffered "infant death". A third is still working, but it's overheating far more than I'm comfortable with (i.e. the brass is not safe to handle) so I've sent all three back to the folks I got them from and we'll see what happens.
In the meantime, I took apart the three engines that had issues (two four wheelers and one six wheeler) and am reassembling them with an eye towards any possible sticking points in the running gear and wheel spin. I don't want that to be a problem when a get the decoders back. I expect I'll be doing the same with the three working engines when it comes time to install the blind drivers - I'm hoping to machine these this week (and order spares).
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