03-15-2018, 06:50 PM
Well, I cleaned-up any oil left on the recently ballasted turnouts (there was very little). However, as I mentioned earlier, with the CM 20 shut off, and my old power pack clipped the the rails of the newly-ballasted track, trains run just fine on those tracks. They are, however, among the ones which can be isolated from tracks that are always live when the CM 20 is turned on.
I do think, though, that it is time to start testing all sections that can be isolated by hooking up the old power pack directly to the rails (I suspect that they'll all check out fine, as they've all been isolated while this problem has been ongoing). After that, I'll test the always-live portions, which is where I think the problem lies. Even though they're separated physically by the kill-able sections, they are all connected, under the layout, by wires, so I'll have to make cuts in the wires until I can find which sections work and which don't. Stay tuned.
Wayne
I do think, though, that it is time to start testing all sections that can be isolated by hooking up the old power pack directly to the rails (I suspect that they'll all check out fine, as they've all been isolated while this problem has been ongoing). After that, I'll test the always-live portions, which is where I think the problem lies. Even though they're separated physically by the kill-able sections, they are all connected, under the layout, by wires, so I'll have to make cuts in the wires until I can find which sections work and which don't. Stay tuned.
Wayne