I have taken the switches in question off the layout and applied power to the track and still do not work, the controller light will not illuminate, I then direct wired power to the terminals under the switch and did get the controller to work but the switch would not actuate. so it appears they are dead. I decided today to test the two R20 I got last Monday and the first one worked great the second one would only actuate in one direction some type of mechanical binding after approx. 10 actuation the frog area start to arc, and the unit quit working. I am starting to get concerned that theseCommand control switches have some type of failure mode that can pop up at any time. I have started to replace some of my MTH track in different area of my layout because of all of the track Lionel has come out with I hope I am not making a mistake.
JFC454 you mentioned a ground plane problem can you give me some more info on what is happening?
