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Train Stopping On 40 Feet Of Track
Mike asks for help with:
“I have a layout that is about 40 feet long, I have the power source hooked up in two locations. I have cleaned the track several times. My problem is that the train will run a few feet and stop, if I push it it will again run maybe half way around the track. I have checked the power in the track at the location the engine stops with a tester and it shows the same power as the transformer, but the train will not run. I also have cleaned the wheels on the engines.”
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Check your pickups on your axles and/or the pins that rub inside on the wheel flanges, what happens is this, sometimes the engine derails usually on a switch and shorts out causing the spring tensions on these parts to fail or go intermittent causing the action you described. I had a Riverosie challenger 4-6-6-4 and fried the springs that held the pickups against the inside flange causing the same effect. Good Luck, Alan C Lompoc, Ca.