HO in 4x2, Portsmouth, NH

[railroader9731]

Hi marti as for you track problem I used to have an atlas switch that done the same and I cured that by taking to alligator clamps and soldered a wire to the two of them to make a jumper/tester and by placing one clamp to the prior track rail and letting loco set where it died and take other clamp to various spots on switch track section. I found that there was a bad section of track and went ahead and tacked on a permanent jumper wire to continue power. Hope this helps. Here is a pic to help you also connect red arrow (clamp 1) to red arrow (clamp 2) and for green connect green arrow (clamp 1) green arrow (clamp 2) and if needed to test inner rail connect green arrow (clamp 1) to green arrow (clamp 3).