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It sounds like you need to solder feeder lines to your switches. With an insulated frog, the rails furthest from the points of the switch may be unpowered. I don't know if you are using insulated gap track pins at the switch, you didn't say, but that may be a problem too. By connecting feeder lines to the rails IF the switch is already using gaps should eliminate your problem. I can see problems with an 0-4-0 over switches, but surely not a 4-8-4. If you have a voltmeter, use it on the rails while they are powered. Follow the rails with the probes until you lose your power. This will be where you need the feeder lines. Best of luck.
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