Millsy1707819711 Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Hello All, .I (nice train shop guy) converted a older Class 58 Hornby model to DCC for me, soldering and what not, using a Gauge Master Chip. There are certain places long the track where it is getting stuck due to lack of power. I have tried changing the rails but it is still sticking on the certain spots, primarily the middle straight sections of the defualt Oval which Hornby provide on both sides (track pack A). I have tried cleaning the track and the wheels of the loco aswell..Is this an issue with the Train or the Track or the power supply or something else? My New class 66 and second hand Class 67 work perfectly fine, with them VERY occasionally getting stuck in the same spots but only when ran extremely slowly..Any help or suggestions would be appreciated, any questions feel free to stick them in the form!.Kind Regards,Millsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultan Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Check your rail joints are all tight as it sounds liek apwer supply issue to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Agree that it is likely to be rail joiners. With the track powered up (DCC) run your thumb round the track and see if any of the joints are hot. If so the joiners are loose and need nipping up either with a flat bladed screwdriver or pliers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millsy1707819711 Posted September 27, 2019 Author Share Posted September 27, 2019 I've Checked the joiners they seem okay, taken the loco in for a service at the place which did the DCC Conversion (free of charge ofc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby_50 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 The Hornby class 58 is notorious for being a very poor puller. It tends to have problems just pulling itself along, let alone a set of wagons, so not suprising it stalls. I found that just extra weight doesn't work very well either. In the end I put another motor bogie in.Very easy as it just clips in place of the unpowered bogie.Wired together with a Gaugemaster decoder ( I thought that a Hornby decoder that only has 500 ma probably wouldn't cope with 2 motors ) and a little extra weight it will now haul a long train up a 1 in 40 gradient. You just need to make sure that both powered bogies are identical as I believe Hornby have used at least 2 different designs and English and Chinese production. The 2 motor bogies seem to run fine together and the pulling power is transformed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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