Electrical issue-makes no sense

[nachoman]

Thanks guys.I appreciate all the replies.I was messing with it last night and found that on one track if I pushed against one or the moveable part of the switch,I got power to the dead section.I know this sounds weird. I'm also going to recheck the feeders for those dead tracks and make sure I didn't damage them while removing excess ballast.
Bob

I am not sure how Peco turnouts are constructed, but almost all commercial turnouts are similar. The point rails have some kind of pivot between the point end and the frog. On atlas turnouts, there is a flange on the side of the point rail, and it is riveted to the ties. The rail pivots about the rivet. I have seen some shinohara turnouts that use a modified rail joiner as a pivot. No matter what the design, the pont rail depends upon contact with the stock rail, or contact through te pivoted end in order to get electricity. If glue or dirt has caused either of thsoe contact point so be poor, your point rails will be dead and your train stalls. I have even had to solder short jumper wires between the pont rails and the frog rails in order to solve this problem.