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Install feeders every 3-6 feet on your track and switch to a power pack with a higher amp output.
I agree with Br’er the more connection on the line the better the power to the locomotives as the voltage will be more constanyly the same also a more powerful supply of power always help for a larger lay out.
if you are running mor than one loco on the same track the more demand for power.
IE three locomotives pulling a long trail of cars demand more power to run but one loco trying to pull exceive is worse yet.
Track has resistance to electric current, so does every fishplate connection, so at a greater distance from the power pack connection, there is less voltage available to the loco.
Run your power in a length of mains cable under the layout, with soldered-on wires coming up to the rails of (at least) every third track section.
If you are not running on a built layout, just run another cable from the power pack to the other end of the track, making sure the wires go to the same rails.