Cleaning the track helped and the loco now moves along on its own but as soon as I attach a coach the loco spins its wheels.

It's an inter city 125 set from the UK. The power supply is a Bachman 46605A

Thanks guys, ill give the cleaning a try. My other locks work fine on the track so ill check the Hornby loco contacts.

I have a HO Bachman set. I tried the UK engine and it runs if you give it a push but then stops. Do I need a different power supply?

OK, I still have the same problem. I have 2 locos - both doing the same thing so not the loco.

When I power up (with the controller at zero) the loco buzzes and lights all the way up - like it's getting full power when it shouldn't be. I'm assuming that the controller or power supply is at fault. The track seems fine - I assume it wouldn't get power at all if the track was the problem.

Are these Bachmann sets just plain poor quality?

Thanks guys

Finally got it going this afternoon. Not absolutely sure what happened. It seems to work best if you start with the power dial at zero (before plugging into the wall) and you slowly feed in the power to the rails.

It's a great little starter set really. We wanted something to go around our tree for the holidays! I may have got the bug now though - I already went and bought another loco for it.

Got the Rail King all set up, power on, the track is live but the locomotive won't move. It lights up OK but just doesn't want to go.

Any tips or do I need to send it back? I