I just laid down a piece of flex track with alligator clips to the tracks. Put the Acela power car on, flipped the switch and same thing ... lights flicker and either go out or it may start moving. Again, other engines immediately work on this track.
After googling a Model Railroading Magazine article on how to clean wheels, I put power to the wheels with alcohol and cotton swabs without the swab (just the cotton sticks). I just kept cutting the stick shorter after it got dirty. One Q-tip per truck. It is now circling the track with all 5 cars.
Thanks. It seems like maybe the lube was all over the wheels (Idunno).
After googling a Model Railroading Magazine article on how to clean wheels, I put power to the wheels with alcohol and cotton swabs without the swab (just the cotton sticks). I just kept cutting the stick shorter after it got dirty. One Q-tip per truck. It is now circling the track with all 5 cars.
Thanks. It seems like maybe the lube was all over the wheels (Idunno).