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    My trains all stopped!

    Okay folks the case is solv-ed! Shortliner thanks very much for all your help. All trains running except one which is a missing a screw that holds the motor together so that's only to be expected. Another has mechanical problems with the driving wheels (Gra Far Class 37, the plastic cogs are...
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    My trains all stopped!

    Okeydokey have done
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    My trains all stopped!

    Shortliner again you are ahead of me. I am using a Bachmann controller and when DC is input it works but does not change direction and THEN STARTS SMOKING! I am indeed English and believe I may require a less foreign one! Thank God I took the battery out of my smoke alarm to rest my trains!
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    My trains all stopped!

    The adaptor supplied with said controller is AC - AC therein lies the problem methinks. Well done chaps you nailed it. I shall instantly attempt to dig out a 240V AC - 16V DC adaptor.
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    My trains all stopped!

    I see... hmmm... starting to make sense now. So I have a powerpack / adaptor in the wall socket which is plugged into a train controller, the current then goes through two wires (all supplied together) to the track. What is the problem?
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    My trains all stopped!

    definately AC just checked both controller and adaptor.
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    My trains all stopped!

    Surely a train controller will be AC though?
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    My trains all stopped!

    You people are genius'! I tried the 9V battery and the trains moved a full half-wheel rotation! So it's not the grease (tried that a couple of days ago), it's not the magnets, it's something to do with the power source. Talk me through the whole AC thingumy (it's been a very long time since I...
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    My trains all stopped!

    Gra Far and Minitrix
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    My trains all stopped!

    Well the motors did not vary in speed although a couple seemed to vary in direction. Any ideas?
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    My trains all stopped!

    I have recently unpacked all my N gauge locos and rolling stock (thinking about selling them on ebay). I decided that it may be worthwhile to test them so I purchased some brand spanking track and a controller. When I set it all up the motors on my locos spun but they would not move the wheels...
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