I thought so. Found out different. The voltage drop from just one or two bad pin connections was enough to make the train slow down noticeably. As soon as the loco crossed a bad section of track, it would lose speed to the point of having to throttle up to keep it from stalling. This was happening on multiple sections on a 12 x 4 foot loop layout with 3 power lock ons spread around. That's why at fisrt I figured it HAD to be something wrong with the engine, how could all that track be so bad? Well, it was. The loco needed a little tune up anyway, but that was coincidental. The main reason it ran so irratic was either corroded or dirty pins & tube. It brought me right back to square one in diagnosing problems. Gotta think by starting out with the most basic thing first & then get into it more & more complicated from there. I overthought the whole thing & it ended up being Lionel 101, gotta have clean tracks.
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