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Hornby cointainer flats.. derailment problem


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Are others also having problems with the blue Hornby coontainer flats? All 3 Derailing all the time.. I think it might be the sliding coupling joiners sticking..

My Bachmanns are trouble free..

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Are others also having problems with the blue Hornby coontainer flats? All 3 Derailing all the time.. I think it might be the sliding coupling joiners sticking..

My Bachmanns are trouble free..

I use a little dry lubrication powder (e,g, Labelle 134) on the coupling cams - as I do with all Hornby diesel locos with cam coupling devices - and never had problems since.

 

Others have said a rub with a soft graphite pencil does the same job.

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The wheels Hornby used are shocking. 9mm Romfords would be best. Also, they are so light, they have nothing to keep them on the track. I've Blu-Tac'd M16 nuts inside the containers on mine to weigh them down


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