hi, i used to live in england and bought a fair amount of hornby 00 trains over there. they worked fine over there, but then i moved to the states. i unpacked them and left them in my basement but haven't really used them in the three years since. im trying to set them up now and im having some problems. the trains don't seem to run very well. sometimes they wont start unless i give them a little push, and when they are running they tend to stop and start frequently. sometimes, on curves, the trains will stop moving forward and the wheels will spin in place. there was a lot of grime (dust and stuff) on the tracks and i cleaned most of that off, but im still having the problems i listed. strangely, the locomotives seem to run fine by themselves, but run into trouble when i attach a lot of wagons or rolling stock. any suggestions? thanks, giulio
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20 years ago