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Reply to "Electrical Problems with Lionel Lion Chief On Fastrack"

Well, I have spent the better part of the last week working on this layout, soldering most of the problem areas, disconnecting the soldered wires, double cleaning the track and rolling stock and  trying much of what was offered (thanks for all the input btw) and the #1 problem with all of that seemed to be a bad piece of 4.5" track that no matter if it was soldered or not was shorting out the entire layout. I was lucky enough that I was able to remove it with just a small change in the layout. I also found that one of the new 30" sections I ordered from Trainworld this year had center pins on either end that were broken off and I guess I missed it when I put them together so I ended up using the bad 4.5" pieces center pins and now all is good. EXCEPT, my full Polar Express train shorts the layout on a few of the curves. I can run it with only 1 passenger car and it's fine but with all 4, it has problems. Next job is bring the cars back up for another cleaning and check the connections on the bottom as well. I will attach some video when I get this done and show the full setup.     

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