I am restoring two 322 locomotives. When I tried running the first one, it would derail, and it appeared that the front driver wheels were shorting. The problem is that the driver wheels are not far enough apart on the axle. The measurement, between the inside of each wheel, is about .68" on one...

I scored a 322 Hudson, s-i-t, at Sat. train show.. Of course the guy who sold it to me proclaimed he had gone through it and it works great.. Have ya heard that before???? LOL.. Well, he told the TRUTH!! God bless him!! I've gotten burned so many times on loco's at train shows that I usually...