cant get the train to go

[Anonymous]

HELP
Can some one tell me what my problem is . I just compleated setting up the tracks, every thimg was running yesterday now i cant get the train to run it gets some juce but crawles along ,then i here a click and everything stopps .Dont no what to do i have cheched everything and have gone over the wiring again and again still the same problem
This is the first time i have set up.I have just ben collecting locomotives for the last three years and have decided to have a set up.

[mrcommem]

Hello,

I would bet that you have a short somewhere. The click you are hearing is the transformer overload protection clicking in. Check your track and wiring for short, then try a different locomotive if that is possible. Could also be something wrong with the transformer. Eliminate one thing at a time until you find the problem.

Sincerely,

Rob K

[snowey]

also, get the Kalmbach book "EASY MODEL RAILROAD WIRING". It's great, as are all their books!

[Anonymous]

Depending on the type of track and connectors you have, it could be a myriad of things going wrong. If you do hear a 'click' it most probably is the thermal overload protection device on your x'fr. Could be a GFIC if you're x'fr is plugged into one. I like the advice you got from the first reply. Look for anything, a rail joiner, piece of scrap wire, anything metalic that might be causing a short citcuit (both rails connected by a piece of metal). Make sure that your line supply wires are not touching anything but the terminal connectors and not each other. Also try a different engine.

Good Luck
John N

[Anonymous]

YOU DIDNT SAY WAHT GUAGE YOU ARE RUNNING,ON OUR LARGE LATOUT WE RAN AT PUYALLUP WASH FAIR TWO YEARS AGO,WE HAD A SHORT ONE TURNED OUT TOBE THAT,ONE OF THE SCREWS IN OUR SWITCHES DROPPED OUT OF INSIDE TOP (O GUAGE ) and everythin came to a halt,real fast,but had to go section by section to find it?><>>>>>>vincent