Comments on: Loco Stopping and Starting at Slow Speeds https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/04/loco-stopping-and-starting-at-slow-speeds.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=loco-stopping-and-starting-at-slow-speeds Model railroads and model trains Wed, 13 Apr 2022 16:40:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Mel Sloan https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/04/loco-stopping-and-starting-at-slow-speeds.html#comment-57652 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 16:40:56 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6485#comment-57652 I agree with all the above comments. If you can find the space in the loco consider adding a Keep Alive.

]]> By: Frank B https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/04/loco-stopping-and-starting-at-slow-speeds.html#comment-57640 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 05:52:29 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6485#comment-57640 I’m with Dale on this. You have intermittent electrical contact somewhere, probably due to dirt, possibly due to improperly bent pick-up contacts. Inspect underneath, clean wheel rims and contact points on axles or inner wheels surfaces. 
 
If you don’t have all wheel pick-up on the loco, consider fitting additional spring wire wheel contacts to improve electrical efficiency.

]]> By: kim https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/04/loco-stopping-and-starting-at-slow-speeds.html#comment-57635 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:41:59 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6485#comment-57635 either dirty wheels or pickup.
Try some electrical contact cleaner
https://www.walmart.com/ip/WD-40-Specialist-Electrical-Contact-Cleaner-11-OZ/467402449
any type will do, this is just the easiest to find.
use q-tips with most of the cotton off.
The best results are if you take the trucks off

]]> By: Rex Nichols https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/04/loco-stopping-and-starting-at-slow-speeds.html#comment-57634 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 01:14:31 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6485#comment-57634 In reply to Kim Fokken.

It happens everywhere on the track but does have some consist places. It happens close together sometimes and then may go awhile with no problems.

]]> By: Kim Fokken https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/04/loco-stopping-and-starting-at-slow-speeds.html#comment-57633 Wed, 13 Apr 2022 00:45:00 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6485#comment-57633 Is it happening on the same place on the track each time? My gp 60m does that. It has 2 axle trucks. When running faster, it will have enough momentum to keep it moving.

]]> By: Dale https://blog.model-train-help.com/2022/04/loco-stopping-and-starting-at-slow-speeds.html#comment-57629 Tue, 12 Apr 2022 20:40:29 +0000 http://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6485#comment-57629 Since you say it loses sound also, perhaps the drive wheel pickups may be loose. When you put it in reverse, it might be shifting slightly out of position and losing contact with the wheel. Once the loco stops, it drops back into contact and all is well for a moment, until it happens again. At higher speeds, there isn’t enough time for the friction to move it out of contact so the loco performs properly.

I would recommend checking the pickups and cleaning them and the wiper surfaces of the wheels.

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