I do thank ALL for ther input and experiance and WELL be taking actions recomended here . gapping the track was part of the plan ,but wanted to wait till ballested (more strenth @ joints) ,and all my rail feeders are in (been lazy here) the feeders are 2 top of must do list… thanks again Jerry
I’m working on that now. When the track and layout was new, trains ran perfectly all over the layout, with just a single pair of feeders for the whole layout. Now trains are stalling all over the layout, even after I clean the track. I suspect a small amount of corrosion developes on and around the rail joiners. I usually run two or more locos in my consists, and when both locos stall, I know it isn’t power pickup problems or dirty track.