Thanks for the ideas, guys, they led me to see what I was doing wrong. Taking Ron's suggestion first, I started from scratch and programmed the powermaster for TR#2 and tried using AUX1 and 0 to stop the train. I had to press them a few times to get the train to stop which seemed not right to me. At this point I tried G's suggestion and used a different remote. Same results. Now I'm thinking the problem is with the powermaster.
I've always been unclear as to whether I should hold both buttons on the remote down to perform a command or to press one button then the next. I tried pressing AUX1, let it up and then pressed 0 and the train stopped immediately. I then went back and reprogrammed the powermaster using one button at a time and the only track id it would respond to is the one I programmed, problem solved! I programmed my other powermaster as TR#1 for my outer loop block and can now control trains independently on the two loops. I also understand the difference between using HALT and AUX1 0 now. HALT shuts down power to both powermasters while AUX1 0 shuts down power only to the powermaster whose TR id was last entered on the remote. Using either HALT or AUX1 0 didn't effect the TR id of either powermaster as G stated.
Chalk it down to operator error which I'll gladly take over faulty equipment any day. Thanks again for your help.
tomw
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