Well I bought another loco for the same reason. It’s not mth but I can’t remember the brand. Possibly a Bachman at&sf steam loco. I put this on the track and use conventional mode and have pretty much the same issue. Starts up, moves a little and stalls. Seems like a power problem but I get a reading all around the track. I’ll go over it again this weekend but I have already done that and desperate to get this resolved. Hope I am just missing something simple.