Don't know if it this, but maybe:

At time 2:19 it seems that in crossing it seems that exists an additional part in the piece that pushes the wheels outwards.
I don't know how those peaces are called, but I mean the small segment of rail that are parallell to the outer rails to push the wheels outwards.
Also it doesn't seem they exist everywhere.
Its existence is probably to counter act the fact that DC wheelsets (probably not a problem for the V60 of ESU) don't derrail. The best alternative to this is, of course, to use DC sized wheelsets.

It is merely the wheel dipping down into the gap that exists in the switch/crossing. Physics. The gap can be smaller with a more crossing angle, but for a turnout the gap has to be wide. With a loco with a few wheels, the weight will force the corner of the loco down. If this was a longer 8 axel loco, then of course as the first axel went over the gap, the center of gravity is well behind the gap and so the corner would not dip down, and but with this shorter locomotive it pivots down. I suppose if they had the room to do so, they could build the locomotive so that as much of the weight as possible was over the center axel, thus when either of the end axels are over a gap, they don't drop, but just float; of course this would put all the traction requirements on those two center wheels then. To get good traction you want as many wheel doing the work, which be definition means you need downward force on them.

Does not look a good advert for ESU locos. But they don't make track so they should ensure that their stuff is suitable for Marklin track. However it could be the fault of the track and we will only know of somebody here buys one and gives us a test run. Goofy maybe !!

Well here's my video and all went very well. Granted crossing the points was done at speed, but the loco still ran great. Club layout (at this stage) doesn't have too many switches, but I will give the loco a slower run on my layout (when I re-build it....hopefully in the next week )

No sound as my German is non-existent and I couldn't understand the instruction book (or the ESU video). Also I was using a CS2 and there were many icons repeated, so careful study will have to be done in the next.....................

Anyway I hope you enjoy the video



It is a very beautiful model, top class workmanship

I agree it is a beautiful looking model.

I also think that C-track is kinder to all trains. I remember seeing a huge improvement of the running of my trains over turnouts when I switched from M-track to C-track.

The manual for it is available in English : http://www.esu.eu/en/dow...esu-engineering-edition/

Yes I felt that too, but didn't comment as I didn't want to be seen as "negative". The smoke doesn't much resemble the exhaust of a diesel engine does it?

I have ESU V 60 and it works fine.
The locomotive do have Loksound 5 and are mfx compatible.
The locomotive register excellent with the CS3 and all shows up 31 functions.
Function number F13 are "heavy train" but i can´t find any icon symbol to equal F13.
Somebody knows?