EFE Rail JIA wagon

[KDG]

Hello all.

 

I've picked up a  couple of the lightly weathered Imerys wagons. Lovely looking, but terrible runners, derailing on every curve and point when running anything other than singularly.

 

I can't see any obvious issue with them, has anybody else had similar problems?

Edited September 21, 2020 by KDG
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[Going2theDogs]

Hi,

Have you checked the back to back's?

[KDG]

Hi CB rail.

 

Good suggestion, have misplaced my b2b gauge, I'll tidy up the train set to find it and do that before anything more drastic.

[dave56]

I have a rake of six and have had them behind Bachmann class 66 and so far no problems on my layout.

[Philou]

Oh and make sure the axles are properly located in their holes  - it has happened occasionally with other models ....

[Lyddrail]

Be aware they are long wagons, I think my friend had buffer locking causing derailments. Watch for this.

Cheers.

 

[KDG]

Thankyou for the helpful suggestions chaps.

 

I think I may have found and cured the cause of the poor running.

 

I took the bogies off to investigate the wheel b2b.  Which were fine. 

 

The bogie mount spigots had a cruddy residue of white paint around the base of the spigot where the weathering paint wash had pooled and dried. I've scraped that off with a new scalpel blade and, Hey Presto - wagons run fine now. Result.