Neil Anderson

Hi, I've got one of these and it's caused in my case by the central wheels locking up. It must be due to the drive cog or worm. Try this:- gently/slowly drive the wheels round untill they jam or slow down. The stop the loco - slide the central axel to one side and see if it frees up. If it does then you have exactly the same problem as I have. It should not be too difficult to trace the mechanical fault from there. I will add that I do not recommend using the motor or DCC to drive the loco if it's locking up. This is because you will burn the DCC Chip out very quickly as I have done in the past. This is because when a mother stalls then the current shoots up to about 10 times the normal working current, this burning the DCC Chip or even the motor out. Watts are Voltage X Current or Watts = Volts x Current Watts are the total power or in this case heat! Heat is the worst thing you want. I hope this helps. Cheers Neil