Comments on: New DCC Loco Stalling https://blog.model-train-help.com/2021/11/new-dcc-loco-stalling.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-dcc-loco-stalling Model railroads and model trains Fri, 12 Nov 2021 08:23:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Bill Leib https://blog.model-train-help.com/2021/11/new-dcc-loco-stalling.html#comment-55235 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 08:23:13 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6260#comment-55235 Biggest problem is BLI, I’ve had a few, never had a smooth runner.

]]> By: Faizal Hathy https://blog.model-train-help.com/2021/11/new-dcc-loco-stalling.html#comment-55229 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 03:26:44 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6260#comment-55229 Hi I am from Sri Lanka. I had this problem. The biggest problem is the unseen dust that settles on the tracks. Once in a while I check the wheels and find to my amazement the grit that has binded on the wheels. I clean it with a cotton bud dipped in Isopropyl Alchohol and they run like new. I am now covering my layout with some old discarded lightweight bed sheets.

]]> By: Ron Pellet https://blog.model-train-help.com/2021/11/new-dcc-loco-stalling.html#comment-55222 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 00:26:23 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6260#comment-55222 Nope they said it all already … how far does it move before stalling ? More then the circumference of wheel? Is it always the same piece of track it stalls on ?same place ? Is it pulling anything or running alone? And yes if you have another engine does that engine work fine over same incline ?

]]> By: ROBERT SCHWORM https://blog.model-train-help.com/2021/11/new-dcc-loco-stalling.html#comment-55069 Thu, 04 Nov 2021 12:06:14 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6260#comment-55069 Yes check the track for being clean. DO NOT use a Bright Boy on that rail, as it scores micro scratches, creates micro sparking, and deposits residue on the rail head.

You have an issue with that section of track, is it a block? How is the voltage checking out wit a voltmeter.

Compare the track with other tracks that work well. Is this flat or on an incline?
Is this section insulated? Do you have power droppers in this section?

]]> By: Bruce Woods https://blog.model-train-help.com/2021/11/new-dcc-loco-stalling.html#comment-55063 Thu, 04 Nov 2021 09:22:53 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6260#comment-55063 Check that the loco wheels and pickups are clean. Do other locos stall in the same place? If so, the track could be dirty os there is no power to that piece of track

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