10-16-2014, 10:45 AM
Your layout is coming along very nicely and I am jealous that I do not have all the ground cover that you do. I live in the central part of California where it all farming with a climate that is hot and very dry. Dust gets everywhere and I can clean the layout and/or the house once a day and I still have dirt/dust problems. I may not add much ground cover or ballast as I vacuum very often. I was having problems with dirty track and DCC and sound so I have added a current keeper by Soundtraxx and the problem with drop outs has gone away. Maybe that would help your running problem.
Al
Al