RJR posted:Peter, I suggest that you do your testing with the same train, or better still deadhead, because there are possible effects caused by a train. There is no reason why only an MTH loco should be affected by the condition.
RJR - good point, I need to attack the issue with a "problem" locomotive. Problem is, all 5 Premier steamers have the same issue. Each does the same thing - randomly. As an example: Today loco1 slows down/speeds up in track block 1, loco2 slows down/speeds up in block 3 and so on. Tomorrow, loco1 only slows down/speeds up in block 5, loco2 only slows down/speeds up in block 8, and so on. What is the "control" in all this, given the issue disappears and then appears elsewhere? I mean, this is a constantly moving target!
I guess I could start with just one of these locomotives and test by running it conventionally. Just don't know what to do if either (a) it runs into this issue but all testing shows the "offending track area" is getting proper juice and no other locomotive has an issue in that spot; or (b) in testing, it does not experience any problems....
Thanks.
Peter
