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Hello Jerry, Since you don't seem to have any electrical problems I would venture to say that your locos are just too large for a 15" curve. That's an awful tight curve in HO scale and about the best you could really hope to operate on it would be an 0-4-0 or a small diesel switcher. What's happening is that the wheelbase of the locos is just to long to negociate that sharp of a curve and its putting the driving wheels in a bind. There's really nothing that you can do to locos of that size to make them operate on a 15" curve. Perhaps you could redesign your track layout to incoporate a minimum of 22" radius curves and your large locos will operate well on them. Take Care and Have Fun....Vic
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