RJR posted:You did say originally that it happened in same spots. "Every time they go around the rail they will do this same thing at the same spots."
A steam loco is too long to run the conventional test. Tender wheels could bridge a ground gap. My layout had been up for years with no problems, until I ran a deadhead Docksider and found two very short groundless spots.
Reason I asked about a trailing truck is that some locos, with neither trailing trucks nor axle wipers, have experienced ground issues.
Are you sure rolling stock isn't fouling on something?
Yes, I think I said that in a given running session, a locomotive will experience this issue every time it goes through (say) track block 1 and 3 AND that in the next running session, this same locomotive will only experience this when running through (say) track block 2 and 5. So the same locomotive that has a problem in one session in one track block has no problem in that same track block in another session.
I forgot to mention that I have my first locomotive, a beat-to-crap 1973 Lionel Southern Express (2-4-0), which is tiny and doesn't require a tender. It doesn't experience any problems either.
I think I mentioned above that I am using just the locomotives. No rolling stock at all.
Thanks
Peter
