run away

[pdlethbridge]

I had a run away the other day. Hitting the stop button on my NCE power cab did nothing. I couldn't punch in the numbers fast enough and thought I was going to loose my connie. I had just put Hayes (Walther's ) bumpers at the end of each siding, good thing too. The connie hit it and stopped dead, wheels were still spinning but the engine wasn't going anywhere. Had the bumper not been there, its momentum would have carried it over the mainline and off a 3 foot cliff into concrete gulch. Those bumpers are great. Stopped it dead in its tracks.

[Bill Baker]

Ahh yes, the old concrete gulch.  I, too, have lost some engines to the dreaded gulch.  My latest loss was a Bachmann Spectrum 4-6-0 that took the plunge. The side rods were bent beyond my ability to straighten them. So, one of my favorite steamers is sitting on the siding looking pitiful.  I think I know the answer, but would anyone know if Bachmann would replace it with an accompanying check?

Bill

[bevernie]

         SURE!!      BACHMANN can fix ANYTHING!!
                                                                                    THANX!!
                                                                                   Ernie
                                                 

[Johnson Bar Jeff]

I had a run away the other day. Hitting the stop button on my NCE power cab did nothing. I couldn't punch in the numbers fast enough and thought I was going to loose my connie. I had just put Hayes (Walther's ) bumpers at the end of each siding, good thing too. The connie hit it and stopped dead, wheels were still spinning but the engine wasn't going anywhere. Had the bumper not been there, its momentum would have carried it over the mainline and off a 3 foot cliff into concrete gulch. Those bumpers are great. Stopped it dead in its tracks.

If you ask me, this sounds like a good reason to stick with DC. ... 

[Paul M.]

Amen! Haven't heard of this before, but DCC systems have some unfortunate glitches.

[WGL]

pdlethbridge,

  You have provided another reason for me to keep my layout on the floor! 

                             Bill

[Johnson Bar Jeff]

pdlethbridge,

  You have provided another reason for me to keep my layout on the floor! 

                             Bill

Of course, when rolling stock falls off the layout, it isn't the fall that does the damage. It's the abrupt stop at the end. ... 

[kevin2083]

decelleration sickness

[Running Bear]

Set the decoder to DCC only and you won't have those runaways.