Toddie86

Thanks Bee, I was only joking about talking to myself 😅 I appreciate the point though about filing them too low, it turned out they only needed probably half a mm so all seems good.

Just a heads up for anyone who stumbles across this thread and has the same issue after testing all the new track I bought, it appears all of the "double" versions of curves and straights are incompatible but standard shorter curves and straights are fine. I'm just talking to myself at this point but I filed down the slight raised edges on the sleepers and that seems to have done the trick no more vibration.

These are the two locos, both Steam

Thanks for the quick replies. I've had a closer look at the double straight track and I think "ntpntpntp" is right. The grips for the sleepers on the "double straight" do look to be ever so slightly taller! Which is a bit annoying. In the photo attached are two brand new pieces of track, you can see where the sleepers are attached to the track is marginally higher in the bottom pic than the top. Top pic is a Hornby regular straight and the bottom pic is a Hornby Double Straight.

Just an update to add to above, it appears to be the "double straights" that are the issue.

Hi Have three old Triang engines that belonged to my father. All three run well on my older Hornby track from the 90s but I recently bought some brand new straights from Hornby and when two if the engines travel over the brand new track there is a dull vibration/rubbing sound and the engine slows slightly. I can't see where the trains are rubbing and the track looks near identical to my older 90s track. Is there anything I can do to fix it? The trains are a Jinty 0-6-0 and a Britannia 4-6-2 both Triang models from the 60s. The third engine is a diesel shunter made around the same time (also Triang) and that is silent over the new track. Also the newer engines I own seem to run over the track without issue. Many thanks