Reply to "Engine slows"

Guys. I may not have said exactly what I should have, let me give it another try.

There are Jumpers along the loops 3-4 feet apart.

The track is clean

Placed (laid) a piece of insulated wire (24 ga) between loops 1 and loop 2.

PROBLEM!

I connected the wire to a plug (bought a plug from Lowes like I was going to make an extension cord) and connected the wire to the ground post, (no other wires are connected), plugged it into a surge protector, fired the engines and BAM everything shut down, unplugged the 24 ga wire from the surge protector and after resetting , the trains all ran but the TMCC engine stills slows at the far point of the loops.

What am I doing wrong? I think I am very lucky that I didn’t fry my engines. All comments are appreciated and I have thick skin so please comment, all are considered constructive

Thanks for the help

Brent

10/24/135:35 PM

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