https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/stalling-locomotives.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stalling-locomotives Model railroads and model trains Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:48:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/stalling-locomotives.html#comment-42627 Thu, 10 Dec 2020 13:48:29 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5862#comment-42627 Thanks for all the input. All good suggestions.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/stalling-locomotives.html#comment-42404 Wed, 02 Dec 2020 05:20:45 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5862#comment-42404 I have the same problem, and it is caused by several things: One is the mechanical and speed difference between the two loco’s, it will cause them to buck and stall. Another cause is that if the wheels are dirty, or sometimes when the consist goes over a cross track section or turnout, one loco is not picking up the track power,thus the stalling. One last issue could be that two trains, each having two loco’s, may be drawing too much current (over the limit for your power supply), therefore causing it to trip the breaker.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/stalling-locomotives.html#comment-42401 Wed, 02 Dec 2020 05:05:56 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5862#comment-42401 I have had things like this happen to me and I have put it down to a dirty track .

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/stalling-locomotives.html#comment-42274 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 17:26:34 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5862#comment-42274 I’m hypothesizing but it sounds like something is drawing too much power when a train is stopped. This could be a locomotive trying to run while the other in the consist is holding it stopped. If you can, put a meter on the track and see what the voltage and/or current draw is when a train is stopped versus when all are running. Does the same thing happen if you run the trains with a single loco each? Or one with a single loco and the other with the 2-loco consist?

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2020/11/stalling-locomotives.html#comment-42265 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 04:26:54 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=5862#comment-42265 I haven’t experienced this myself. Have you tried re-doing the consists?

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