Yesterday we removed the TMCC and Legacy bases from surge protectors. There was some improvement. My Vision Big Boy ran smoothly ( it always has). I had extended the antenna on my AC6000 since the previous time I ran it, and it ran with no problems. So we can not say which change improved the results. A friend, Mitch, brought two Mikados to run. The Legacy Mikado ran through the U with no problems. He said that was a big improvement. He then ran his TMCC Mikado and it stopped five times within a 20 foot span of the U every time he made a full loop through the layout. We have a 20 foot section of U on each of the two 200 foot long loops in the layout that gives us 99% of our problems.
There is one other characteristic of the U. Our two 200 foot loops are controlled by five MTH TIUs. Our Legacy / TMCC problems are almost all in a section of track controlled by one of those TIUs. 90% of our club members run MTH. They are very knowledgeable on the MTH system and its hardware. They have checked and rechecked the wiring to that TIU. It has been changed out several times. That's why we are now looking at the Lionel system primarily. If anyone has an idea here, please let us know.
Thanks for ALL you help. It is greatly appreciated by this minority (Lionel) club member.
Dave
