What track code? Ballasted or not? Insulated joiners at the frog end? Points making good contact with the stock rail? Wheels in gauge? The derailing locomotives picking the frog point or climbing out of the gaurd rail or the switch point? Possible reverse curve at the turnout?
Many things can be a contributing factor. Some sluething is needed.
Building my first HO DCC layout. Track laying 90% completed. Turnouts are Peco and Walthers electrofrogs. Testing engines now.
I have a 4-axel switcher that seems to stop running, when it goes over the electrofrog section of many of my turnouts. It just stops. Lights go off, sounds go off. If I press down sligtly on the engine it get power back. when I release this slight pressure, it loses power again. If I slide the engine forward or back to clear the frog, I get power back. It's a new engine running on new track.
What could be causing this engine to lose power in the turnouts?
I have some other issues with some of my 6-axel engines derailing when they go through these frogs. ???