Commentary about volunteering to overhaul the 200 hp LeRoi engine in a Whitcomb switch locomotive for a non profit museum. I got it running in 2009. TitanX Donated a new radiator core in 2011. Plymouth locomotive arrives 2014.
Friday, September 26, 2014
During August and September Steve and I have worked on the Plymouth. Steve bought a bell and he and I made a bracket and mounted it on the hood. We painted the inside of the cab. We made an appointment to run the Plymouth with the new batteries and rebuilt alternator. We made a few runs up and down the track when we smelled something burning. The starter solenoid and starter were smoking and too hot to touch. What caused this and what damage was done, we don’t know yet. Steve has another starter to try on the engine.


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