@lehighline posted:
I suspect your trackwork is fine. Based on your track diagram, if the train is going clockwise, all the turns EXCEPT for the problematic turn are RIGHT hand turns. The problematic turn is LEFT hand. Pop the shell on the Genesis and carefully check the wiring from both trucks where it goes through the frame. Look for bare wire and/or a burnt spot. Also check how snug the pickup assembly is screwed to the truck and that the insulating spacers are installed properly.Chris
LVHR
OK, I took off the shell and have run the loco, very slowly thru the track in the opposite direction, making Left Hand Turns, and here is what happens.
1. GOING FORWARD: The front truck goes into the first Left Turn with no issues, but the instant the the front wheels of the rear truck touch that piece of curve track the breaker kicks out.
2. GOING IN REVERSE: The loco goes thru all of the Left Turns with no issues, until it gets to that inside turn which is a Right Turn, and the rear truck goes into the turn with no issues, but now, as soon as the rear wheels of the front truck tough that piece of curved track, the breaker kicks out.
NOTE: This is, exactly, the same condition as when I had the loco going the other direction, and baking it up into that inside turn.
CONCLUSION: Going the other direction, counter clockwise:
FORWARD: Everything is opposite. All of the outside, left turns spark or kick out the breaker, but that inside turn causes no issues.
Reverse: same as before. Goes thru all of the outer, Left Hand, turns but kicking the breaker in that inside turn.
I have looked very closely at the open chassis, but can see nothing out of the ordinary.
