QUOTE (Lord Castellan Creed @ 24 Nov 2008, 17:00)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}>I use hornby tack and engines at the moment and find that they stop and start on there own, normaly at points, I run the usind DDC and all the track is nailed down. Does any one else have this problem? And does any one know how to solve it?
The Heavy engines run better, and some times they all run perfectly.
Hello.
Hornby points have insulated frogs & this seems where you are having problems. Make sure that all track,wheels & pick up points on locomotives are clean. Also make sure that the track & points are level. If the track pins are pushed in to far this can cause the track & points to bend slightly.
If you find that you have most problems with short wheel based locomotives, then this would point to the Insulated frogs of the points.The only way to avoid this is to fit points which have electrofrogs like Peco Electrofrog Points.
I presume that what you mean by heavier engines is the longer locomotives. These have more pick ups from the track which would mean that they are not affected as much by the insulated frogs of the Hornby points.
If your locomotives are stopping & starting all over the track this would point to dirty track or wheels or decoder problems.