Have just received Royal Sovereign in Flying Dutchman train pack.
After reading this review it was with some trepidation
that I tried it out on my magnificent test oval of Hornby track (2nd radius, of course
) connected via a 1980s basic transformer
. Prior to buying this, I had bought 3 of the coaches split from the same pack (awaiting a City of Truro? Not at that price... well perhaps).
Hornby must have made some changes - the Royal Sovereign happily pulls all 6 of my GWR lined coaches
.
It / she isnt so happy on badly joined track, so I needed to rejoin occasionally as the test / run-in drew on, but pretty impressed. The only
major problem came as a result of jerky stopping and starting or acceleration and deceleration from my primitive
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1V stops controller when the abrupt halt or acceleration at corners caused the lightweight tender to de-rail (either the coaches pushing it off the track or as a result of the tug-of-war (or love?) between the loco and the coaches). *Needs some care..would this be a problem with a decent DC controller or do I really need DCC?*
I wasn't going to buy any more locos......
Glad I did.
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