Comments on: No Track Power After Ballasting https://blog.model-train-help.com/2021/11/no-track-power-after-ballasting.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-track-power-after-ballasting Model railroads and model trains Wed, 15 Dec 2021 17:58:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jerry https://blog.model-train-help.com/2021/11/no-track-power-after-ballasting.html#comment-55804 Wed, 15 Dec 2021 17:58:06 +0000 https://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6333#comment-55804 Does the engine run on the unballasted section? If so, make sure the rails are clean of any glue. Make sure the glue did not penetrate the rail joiners in the ballasted sections.

]]> By: David Stokes https://blog.model-train-help.com/2021/11/no-track-power-after-ballasting.html#comment-55611 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 05:23:01 +0000 https://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6333#comment-55611 After ballasting three gremlins get to work
1. transparent glue on the track which needs to be cleaned off.
2. Damp ballast giving electricity a path from one rail to the other causing a short. Wait a few days for the dampness to dissipate
3. You have dislodged one of your powerfeeds during the ballasting process. Find which one and reconnect it.

]]> By: Craig Gaddy https://blog.model-train-help.com/2021/11/no-track-power-after-ballasting.html#comment-55610 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 03:42:26 +0000 https://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6333#comment-55610 Make sure the track is clean and aligned very well. If the wires that feed that track are a pain to get to Then run a separate set of jumper wires for the alligator clips on the end and power the track from the top side To see if that solves the problem.

]]> By: Darryl https://blog.model-train-help.com/2021/11/no-track-power-after-ballasting.html#comment-55597 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:20:56 +0000 https://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6333#comment-55597 In reply to Bruce Woods.

I’ll give it a go. thanks.

]]> By: Jerry https://blog.model-train-help.com/2021/11/no-track-power-after-ballasting.html#comment-55595 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:11:42 +0000 https://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6333#comment-55595 If you have extra track try powering the spare tracks and see if it runs. If not, try resetting the engine with, i believe, cv8.

]]> By: Bruce Woods https://blog.model-train-help.com/2021/11/no-track-power-after-ballasting.html#comment-55594 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:06:10 +0000 https://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6333#comment-55594 Have you cleaned all the rails? Often ballasting the track leaves a glue residue on the surface of the rails

]]> By: Russ https://blog.model-train-help.com/2021/11/no-track-power-after-ballasting.html#comment-55593 Wed, 01 Dec 2021 00:00:51 +0000 https://blog.model-train-help.com/?p=6333#comment-55593 You have a bad track feed connection under the ballasted area. Use a volt meter to check ballasted area versus non-ballasted areas. I assume you soldered the feeders to the rail and then to buss wires underneath your train table. Sometimes a poor solder connection is compromised with the ballast gluing.

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