https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/05/train-slows-stalls.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=train-slows-stalls Model railroads and model trains Tue, 31 Jul 2018 22:31:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/05/train-slows-stalls.html#comment-23017 Tue, 31 Jul 2018 22:31:32 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=4789#comment-23017 Hi Jim, Your track may be need to be cleaned. I use Alcohol on Qtips to clean my track.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/05/train-slows-stalls.html#comment-22106 Sat, 09 Jun 2018 03:22:35 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=4789#comment-22106 Hi Jim, did any of the above help ? If not, please let us know the make and model of the locomotive, and the make and radius of the track. Then someone can probably duplicate the conditions and make more useful suggestions.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/05/train-slows-stalls.html#comment-21846 Tue, 15 May 2018 10:18:15 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=4789#comment-21846 Another possibility: Long steam locos have difficulty with tighter curves, due to the length of the parallel wheelbase. Check the manufacturer’s recommended minimum radius for each model.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/05/train-slows-stalls.html#comment-21834 Tue, 15 May 2018 04:52:12 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=4789#comment-21834 When you say you have checked the track, have you checked it for level across the rails ie a twist? I have had that problem on a section of my track near a block break. The track had twisted slightly, resulting in the locomotive wheels not connecting with one rail. If I drove the locomotive over the section at speed, its inertia carried it past the twist. But if driven slowly it would hesitate or stop.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/05/train-slows-stalls.html#comment-21820 Sat, 12 May 2018 15:35:15 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=4789#comment-21820 You may also want to check the track gauge. If the track is not in gauge it can pinch the wheels of the loco. as well and cause the wheels to bind. Use a track gauge and check. I have had that problems before myself and it was the track out of gauge.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/05/train-slows-stalls.html#comment-21802 Tue, 08 May 2018 13:32:57 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=4789#comment-21802 Soldering the rail joiners or even soldering wire across the connections should fix the problem.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2018/05/train-slows-stalls.html#comment-21783 Sat, 05 May 2018 08:46:11 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=4789#comment-21783 Put a volt meter on that section and check the voltage with other areas of your layout. Is the track clean over that section? Are the rail joiners tight? If not, solder them together.

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