Just put a Bachmann DCC Spectrum 4-4-0 on my layout. It functions
just fine in the yard but the wheels slip on the main line curves. This
is a 4X8 layout, small, but my guess is that the outer and inner ovals
are common enough, i.e., not unusually tight. I don't know exactly
what the radii are but they are as big as 4X8 can accomodate. As I say, the wheels
slip on the curves and the engine will not pull even a light car or two
around them. I bought it for the yard but, still, it seems
to me it ought to be able to go around the main line when I want it to.
What's happening?
eagle37
just fine in the yard but the wheels slip on the main line curves. This
is a 4X8 layout, small, but my guess is that the outer and inner ovals
are common enough, i.e., not unusually tight. I don't know exactly
what the radii are but they are as big as 4X8 can accomodate. As I say, the wheels
slip on the curves and the engine will not pull even a light car or two
around them. I bought it for the yard but, still, it seems
to me it ought to be able to go around the main line when I want it to.
What's happening?
eagle37