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Apologies Dave, a bit trigger happy, I should have checked for your response first!
Cheers,
Paul T
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I received my Western Legionnaire (4D-003-001) purchased from Kernow Model Centre here in Perth, Australia last week. On first inspection I was most impressed and happy to concur with the predominantly positive feedback on this forum, it really does ‘look the part’, a great model.
However has anyone else had similar problems as the following?
This weekend I have been running the model in. Whilst initially comparatively slow, but smooth, I figured it would improve which it did, however only slightly. However after some time, maybe an hour or so of running, and a break (for lunch) it started becoming ‘jumpy’ with the cab lighting flickering. Shortly thereafter the lighting ceased altogether. In comparative trials it faired only marginally better than a 25+ year old Mainline Warship!
It’s running through point work is also inconsistent and whilst it will negotiate Fleischmann double slips a lot better than quite a few of my other models it often derails the second bogie whilst running through trailing points, often falling over in the process.
If so does anyone have solutions? I am a bit loath to return it and incur serious postage costs if there is an ‘easy’ fix
Cheers,
Paul T
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Does anyone else out there run a Western on Fleischmann track?
I have a mixture of Fleischmann Profi and Peco Code 100, both plain track and turnouts.
I have had other issues with running my ‘Legionnaire’ however when I finally did get it running, I would have to say not brilliantly well, it proved to be the most derailment prone loco out of a fleet of 30+ I have, especially at some turnouts, both leading and trailing.
The worst ‘culprit’ is a Fleischmann High Speed Point (FL6178) through which it derails in both directions but it has also come off on the straight leg of a Peco turnout, across a Peco diamond crossing and through the curved leg of a Fleischmann double slip. I have not yet run it through every part of my fairly complex layout.
The loco is spending the weekend on a friend’s (partially built) layout to see how it fares there and how it compares with his six axle diesel locos, of which I have none to provide a comparison.
Has anyone else had similar experiences? Anybody have any ideas of a ‘fix’?
Thanks,
Paul T