<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Members, Last night I looked upstairs and found the Sierra Western GP40 #4040 in the problem/repair box. This is one of the locos that reside in the club DCC metal cabinet under the layout at the end of the passenger yard. <big>I would like to know who put it up there and what created the problem.</big> As near as I can tell, it originally was not a DCC problem. Each truck has a small upward facing projection that fits in the frame to keep the truck centered in the locomotive frame. The projection on the rear truck was broken off. It is difficult to see how that could happen as is not something you would normally expect to occur. It tells me someone dropped the loco (most probable) or in using the loco it fell of the track and tumbled a long distance to the floor or something like that. Mishandlng while trying to put the truck on the track could have also caused the breakage. There was no note on the loco detailing the problem. Of course, when the truck no longer can center on the frame, the drive shaft pushes out of the fly wheel and the motor just spins. When you damage a loco, you are supposed to report it and make a note of the problem and what happened. Not just quietly stick it in the repair box. In most cases the damage most likely is accidental, but it still needs to be reported. Dean </body> </html>