I am in the process of building a small N-scale layout on top of an old drafting table. I have played around with model railroading for years but this is the first serious effort at building a nice little layout. Not much space in the house so the table top and N-scale is what I have room for.
Anyways, I layed the track out and it worked just fine. Securred it down , still worked great. Started the sceneries and tunels etc... works fine until just this week. Suddenly the one track seems to have shorts or something all over. The engine . a pretty decent little Atlas h16-44 . It now slows and stops at different pionts around the track. A little figure 8 for the most part. The light goes on and off at these pionts . I cleaned the track several times and the wheels on the engine.
Could it be a dieing power pack? Its a very old Atlas (model# 2860 ) that was my dads. I remember it as long as I have been around ( 37 yrs ). Could it be in its last days and just not putting out a good steady current anymore. It does seem to be better at higher speeds and after it warms up a bit.
Any insight to this would be appriciated. Thanks
John
Anyways, I layed the track out and it worked just fine. Securred it down , still worked great. Started the sceneries and tunels etc... works fine until just this week. Suddenly the one track seems to have shorts or something all over. The engine . a pretty decent little Atlas h16-44 . It now slows and stops at different pionts around the track. A little figure 8 for the most part. The light goes on and off at these pionts . I cleaned the track several times and the wheels on the engine.
Could it be a dieing power pack? Its a very old Atlas (model# 2860 ) that was my dads. I remember it as long as I have been around ( 37 yrs ). Could it be in its last days and just not putting out a good steady current anymore. It does seem to be better at higher speeds and after it warms up a bit.
Any insight to this would be appriciated. Thanks
John