crhill1979

Yes, I live in St. Louis and am on the Gateway LUG mailing list but have only come to one meeting, and that was about 3 years ago, due to buying a house, health issues, etc. Was planning on coming this Saturday, though, and I will bring one of the Metrolink cars to show. Chris Hill

Neat to see that someone else is tackling the St. Louis Metrolink, as I am about done building a powered (power functions), 2-car Metrolink train. I will post pictures when I'm done, but I made my own stickers for the Metrolink logo on the front and the line/destination signs on the top of either end. Chris Hill

Thanks for all the advice, especially on testing the motor independent of the battery box. Will look into it when I get home tonight and post any results I have. Chris

I got an old 7722 4.5V train set for Christmas. After putting it together and scrounging up some new C batteries, I dropped them in and...nothing happens. A few questions: -On the side of the battery tender there is a red switch. Is this an on/off switch? It doesn't work in either position. -I cleaned off the battery contacts with rubbing alcohol, but one of the contacts has some greenish gunk on it still. Is there any way to test whether a connection is being made? -The wire connects snugly into the battery tender, but the connection with the motor is *extremely* loose. Is this common? Thanks. Chris