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....frustrating, isn't it? Put the trains away for a few years, and now they are back out again. I can post a rough diagram of the layout by RRTrack if anyones interested, but anyway... Its hard to explain where the loss of voltage is...because its in alot of placles, and not just far away from the lockon. The loop is relatively small and shouldn't require feeders. (Its a 12x8 L shape) It seems to me that the remote control switches are a drain on the power, and my locomotives have always struggled making it over a switch, and sometimes even lose power when hitting a switch. All the insulator pins are in correctly, btw. On one side of a switch, the power is fine, but once it crosses the switch, the voltage seems to drop and the train slows to a crawl. Then when it clears the next switch, it perks up agian. Am I making sense? I've tried cleaning the rails, with some success, but its just frustratingly difficult to get a smooth running engine. You know what I mean, when it goes from 90MPH...to a crawl...then back to 90MPH. Not sure if you will be able to give me some advice, but thanks in advance. *wishes he had O-gauge track*
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