HGLW diesel.

playmofire said:
Would you post the dimensions of the trucks and loco, please?
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Many thanks for the dimensions.

I think that the short wheelbase of the loco may be the reason why it dislikes switches. Have you tried it with other makes of switches.
 
playmofire said:
Many thanks for the dimensions.
I think that the short wheelbase of the loco may be the reason why it dislikes switches. Have you tried it with other makes of switches.
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I found the reason why :
All my Bachmann rolling stock is equipped with LGB metal wheel sets #67419 and I don't have any trouble. The HGLW wheels are very good but they don't have the same dimensions.
 
A couple of points about your new pride and joy.

The reason that it only runs in one direction is that you have presumably wired up the Switch as an On/off only. From the picture of parts the switch appears to have 6 contacts. Therefore you can wire it up so that the Loco will go Forwards and Backwards. The following link will show you how:-

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=dpdt+switch+diagram&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari < Link To https://www.google.co.uk/...-8&hl=en&client=safari

Re not liking your points, the Back to Back will be the problem here, most kit based wheels are of Fine Scale Standards. You need to move the wheels out a fraction so that when it goes through the point the Check Rails do their job. What their job is is to ensure that one wheel does not go the wrong way on the Frog. You may still get a bit of 'dipping' at the frog, but maybee nt.

Hope this helps,
JonD
 
Thanks. My switch works fine. It's only a coupler problem but it now solved.
This picture talks better than words. I hope you can see it...the website for my pictures is just :wits::wits:
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