Help Needed

[phillyreading]

Check the track as well, maybe you over-tightened a track screw that holds it to the table, or if using track connector clips; one is out of place and causing a short. With older track a center rail insulator could have moved(center rail to crosstie) and is causing a short.

Lee F.

[rtraincollector]

First I think you have a short in the track somehow. check to see if anything is laying across the track in the area of the burnt mark or under the track in that area. Also if its tublar track make sure all the center rails have there little piece of cardboard where the cross ties connect to the track and make sure none are out of place so you have or might have bare metal from ties touching the middle rail. Turn off transformer about 5-10 minutes then take everything off the effective track and place a lighted caboose or passenger car on the track about 1/2 way around from where the engines went dead. and slowly bring it around to the area and see if the light goes out befor there and mark it some how where it goes out. You may also want if you can remove the track witht he burnt marks from the layour and replace if you have it with other track and try the above test again or if you don't still remove and try again and see if the caboose works fine this time ( or passenger car)

now how to get the engines going again check to make sure the e-unit isn't locked in on position and both are locked somehow.  

[Dobson]

Maybe someone can help explain what just happened to me. I have a simple oval of 027 track running. My 2023 was running fine and then it stopped. For no reason at all. I put it on another section of track and the engine won't start. The engine light comes on when power is applied. I thought it was the train that had the problem and then...I put another train on the oval of 027. Running fine. A 2046. Then it started to slow down. Then it completely stopped working. Same thing. Put it on another section of track and then the lights only come on.

What do you think happened or is going on? I now have two dead engines and this is a real short section of track.  All the pins are in the track...

 

I did notice some burn marks on two sections of track right next to each other in the center and outside rails.

And do you have a suggestion for how to get these engines up and running again? My transformer is a type z and all the other posts are working fine on other sections of track.