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Offline Rwill  
#1 Posted : 30 November 2022 16:43:05(UTC)
Rwill

United Kingdom   
Joined: 04/05/2015(UTC)
Posts: 777
Location: England, London
For one reason or another my Ho layout, C track, CS3 has been mainly inactive for a good couple of years. The track is still on the board and the majority of the stock has been boxed. Thought I'd give it a go recently. After some wiggling the digital turnouts are mainly Ok. But the loks not so good on the track and will usually stall, naturally in the furthest most awkward places. A bit of wiping and using track "rubbers" sort of solves it but we are a way off how the layout used to be A squirt of WD 40 contact cleaner helps but I'm not sure that is good for things. The "railway room" is our dining room in a centrally heated Edwardian London house so other than the heating turned down a bit to avoid bankruptcy is a reasonable environment for a model railway
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Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.



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Offline JohnjeanB  
#2 Posted : 30 November 2022 17:14:01(UTC)
JohnjeanB

France   
Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC)
Posts: 3,084
Location: Paris, France
Hi Rwill

It may be too late but restarting a layout after 1 or 2 years inactivity starts with:
- vacuum cleaning of the tracks using a long hair soft brush
- start a gymnastic on the C track switches and check if all are working. You may write a gym program on your CS2, CS3 or similar, consisting of a MEMORY string of commands to activate your switches in sequence
- finish cleaning the tracks by using a piece of soft wood or the Märklin cleaning wagon with felt
- have your locos with a dry run (upside down on a foam bed) so the the motor and the axles get self-cleaned.

Failure to do this first may cause your locos (in boxes) becoming dirty and force you to clean the wheels and slider.

Note: according to many specialists, rubber or abrasive are causing stripes in which dirt sticks and makes matters worse.
So get one of your locos with a good current pick-up and good weight and let is run at a rather high speed until all tracks are clean.
Then your delicate, shorter locos may run (with clean wheels)
Cheers
Jean
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Offline river6109  
#3 Posted : 01 December 2022 01:47:49(UTC)
river6109

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Posts: 14,636
Location: On 1965 Märklin Boulevard just around from Roco Square
I wouldn't use WD 40, I think it will ruin your rubber tyres very quickly unless its cleaned thoroughly with a product that removes oil.

John
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Offline marklinist5999  
#4 Posted : 01 December 2022 19:13:10(UTC)
marklinist5999

United States   
Joined: 10/02/2021(UTC)
Posts: 3,075
Location: Michigan, Troy
Oil in Loco. gears can also solidify causing sluggish running, or not at all. Clean the tracks with Kerosene and wipe well. Alcohol has water, but you can use it. I'd turn up the heat to aid in running too, at least untl the motors warm up.
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