I am new to model railroads and this is my first lay out. After initial hook up I had
power bugs to fix. Solved them all. I had been running trains from time to time
while applying scenery with no power problems anywhere. Couple of days ago I
applied ballist to a section I had not finished now that section lack power. I have
tried track cleaning but that was not the problem. Now I'm lost. Can anyone help?
I assume you glued the ballast in place.
You probably got some dilute glue into a rail joiner or two, effectively insulating the rail from the joiner at that point. Or, you may have dislodged a loose wire.
You don't have enough feeders. My guess is that my layout has the same problem as yours, but it doesn't show because I've got more feeders and the power gets around the bad spot.
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I clicked on to the thread to reply but didn't need to. Mr. Beasley already said exactly what I was going to say.
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MisterBeasleyYou don't have enough feeders.
MisterBeasley has probably correctly diagnosed your problem. That's a fault most new modelers build into their layouts. The rule I've always heard from old hands is: EVERY piece of rail gets its own feeder. Don't rely on rail joiners for anything but maintaining alignment.
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LION solders all rail joiners of him.
Him still has feeders every few feet.
Besides trains of LION have 48 wheel pickup.
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Thank you MisterBeasley. That does make sense as for I did glue the ballist.