Indaloman

Thanks so much to everyone for all the tips. I have tried nudging, but no luck. Hadn't thought about the inside of the flanges though. I will do that, and then my next step will be to solder the power leads to the track, and clean again with a track rubber. Keep safe all of you. At least the lockdown is giving me time to work on the layout. 😀

Thanks to all of you. Sorry I was a bit vague. The loco has been working well up to now, apart from, occasional 'jerky' movements in the past, due to dirty track, I believe. The voltage is there whether the loco is on or off the track. I have tested in 4 or 5 random locations, but not all round. It wasn't traversing a point, and I wasn't operating one (they are manual at present). Yes, it is clip connection (Peco and mostly Peco Settrack). I was intending to solder later, but I will try it as suggested. The only thing I wondered - time for a confession here - is whether the cleaning might have had an adverse effect. I went right round the track as there was dust etc from the building thus far and, because I had run out of proper track cleaner, used lighter fluid - a tip I was given when visiting a professional layout sine time ago, probably an analogue layout I guess. I have spotted some other posts about what to clean with, and now wonder whether there is sufficient oil in lighter fluid to cause a problem. I am not an electrical expert, knowing just about enought to set the railway up

Just rebuilding my layout having moved house. Layout complete,but no scenery. Doing a test run today and the loco, which had been running perfectly, stopped halfway round and will not restart. Track has been cleaned, there is power to the track (tested with voltmeter) and when I upend the loco and make contact directly with the wires from the Select controller the wheels turn perfectly, and the speed can be varied correctly. Yet, when place back on the track, nothing. Any ideas would be welcome. Thank you

I bought the same set for my grandson (Continental Sports Car). First one car stopped working. I returned to Hornby and they sorted it. Then the other car stopped working, so rather than return to Hornby I bought a cheap one from Argos - proper Scalextric - now that one doesn't work, neither does the repaired one. So I have three cars and nothing works. The set is 6 months old, and has hardly been used. Is there a manufacturing problem with these sets? Any suggestions about what to test and how? Thanks