Well happy to report loco signal problem fixed. I needed 4 hands but turned over the units and had 1st 2 hands hold wires to contact to get wheels moving. 2nd 2 hands used fine sandpaper to clean and polish tread. No more flickering, or bad running. My conclusion - bad signal strength due to poor gound as suggested by Gogen81. I think maybe the blackened wheels on some unit buid up (or have due to manufacturing) a kind of varnish or someother insulating property. Removing this buildup by polishing the treads fixed the issue. Cheers! Ps I condidered swapping wheelsets but not that easy and glad I seemed to have found a fix!
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