Is it a steam thing?

[oleirish]

Jarrell
Check and see if the engine is powered half on frame and half on tender(wire between tender and engine)my new mike is that way and I'am looking at putting wripers on the left side of the engine and removeing the tender power all togethor.I'am running D.C. right now so don't have a big problem , but if I go DCC then I might.[^][8D]

JIM

[Anonymous]

If it's not an electrical pick up problem, then I would look for a mechanical cause, such as a low hanging part getting caught on the diverging track or possibly a track that is slightly too narrow, thereby pinching the locomotive's wheels. Another possibility would be that the turn is just too tight for the articulated locomotive, which would also cause pinching of the wheels. Just a couple thoughts of things to check.

[jacon12]

My layout is to the point that I have track down in a temporary fashion, nothing is soldered together, no bus.. no feeders.
I have 3 diesels.. a Kato and a couple of P2ks and I have one BLI class a 2-6-6-4 steamer. I've noticed that the diesels will go anywhere on the layout, backwards or forwards... thru turnouts etc. with no problem. The Kato is an SD-40 and the others are a GP-9i and an E6 AB unit. But the BLI..... no way.. especially thru a couple of the turnouts. It will stall and if I gently push it forward it will come back to life and proceed. It will go thru the same turnout in reverse with no problem. If I have the speed up a bit it will go thru in forward also, but wants to hesitate.
So my question is... why? What is it about the diesels wheel configuration, if that is the difference? What is it about the steam loco? Does it have anything at all to do with the tender? I have run the Class A slowly thru the turnout, trying to see what is causing it. You would think that with all the wheels on the steamer, and I believe they're all electrical pickup wheel (not sure about that), that it would have an easier time, but evidently... for some reason I can't fathom, thats not the case.
Thanks for any and all enlightenment!
Jarrell