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Loco In Reverse
Ken would like your help please:
“My HO train layout was shut down for about a month due to building a mountain which three trains and a trolley run through or over it. I cleaned the track, but on one line I can’t get the loco to run at all and on another line the loco goes in reverse only. I tried two different locos and both would only run in reverse on this line, but would run normal on a different set of track. Can someone advise?”
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I assume that you are using a two rail system such as HO or N gauge. If this is true, it sounds like you have power feeds from your power pack running to various ‘blocks’ of track. During installation, you may have inadvertently swapped the power leads on these sections which would cause the problem you described.
It is also possible that you have some turnouts in these sections that can cause this issue though it gets a bit more complicated. A general rule of thumb is that the power feeds should be connected at the ‘point’ side of the turnout. For example, if you have two turnouts that are joined so they look something like this ( >–< ), the power feed should in between the two turnouts, NOT past the turnouts. Hope this helps. Geof