N scale Thomas, newly bought, just creeps

[EdYoungstrom]

Hi everyone,

I bought a new, in the box, N scale Thomas from a hobby store and it just has no speed. Thomas needs 50% throttle to get moving. On the same track my Percy, James, and Toby just run away from Thomas.

Is this just a breaking in thing? Is it common?  Anything I should try before shipping to Bachmann?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Ed