I recently made an N scale and I am having some problems with the wiring.
The layout is DC and the track and switches are bachmann ez track (The switches are not wired yet, manual).
The layout has a small siding and and intermodal yard.
The train will not go past the siding and intermodal yard switch.
Heres the track plan:
*The red is where the train can go
Put in another track feeder on the left side of the loop on your track plan.
You have a couple of options. One is to figure out why your turnouts are not routing power, or providing power through the frog and beyond to the next set of tracks. It may be that the rail sides are dirty and need polishing between the sharp points rails that swing and the stock rails against which they are meant to snug up. In other words, it may be a problem of good contact. It turns out that the EZ-Track turnouts are historically problematic, and this is one area where they don't do well...contact and lying snugly against their stock counterparts.
It would be a good idea to test your rail power throughout your turnouts with a meter....do you have a digital volt/ohm meter? It is almost essential in our hobby. You may find that the points don't seem to have any power, but when you press them against the stock rails, the volt meter indicates new voltage!
An easy fix is probably to connect wire feeders to each of the rails in your yard. Just keep each wire oriented to the correct rails...you don't want shorts.
-Crandell
Get a couple of the below meters. I have three of them. Get some double clip leads from Radio Shack also.
Some old timers use to use a ice pick type probe with a light bulb in the clear plastic handle and hook the power pack to the good track and probe for where the voltage is lost. Those can be found in auto parts stores.
http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=digital+meter&Submit=Go
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062622
Rich
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I've had problems with Bachmann "N" pre-EZ track turnouts as well, pretty much requiring a change to Atlas. Other than confirming it's the turnout itself and a loose joiner, you might try cleaning them as selector suggested, but the solution may have to be directly feeding both sides of each rail with terminal rail joiners or soldered feeds.
Archer.