Russian
Saskatoon railfan
Hello, today I finally run my layout with more then two units.
After its been running for an hour or so with three units, for some reason the power fails. No matter what I do then, the rails don't supply any power. After some time passes, the track is workable again.
I first thought I was stretching the system by running 4units at a time (they ran at track speed for a few minutes), but I've had the same thing happen with 3 units as well.
My question is, is the system simply reaching some kind of limit or is there another problem? As everything goes back to normal, can I assume that there isn't damage or anything of that nature? I'm going to be running two locos max from now on to avoid such problems.
I'm guessing the problem is caused by my power pack which came with a standard IHC train set. would upgrading it to something more powerfull solve the problem, or is this a deeper "capacity" issue?
I would apprecite your knowledge or insight on this matter. I got really upset the first time it happened.
After its been running for an hour or so with three units, for some reason the power fails. No matter what I do then, the rails don't supply any power. After some time passes, the track is workable again.
I first thought I was stretching the system by running 4units at a time (they ran at track speed for a few minutes), but I've had the same thing happen with 3 units as well.
My question is, is the system simply reaching some kind of limit or is there another problem? As everything goes back to normal, can I assume that there isn't damage or anything of that nature? I'm going to be running two locos max from now on to avoid such problems.
I'm guessing the problem is caused by my power pack which came with a standard IHC train set. would upgrading it to something more powerfull solve the problem, or is this a deeper "capacity" issue?
I would apprecite your knowledge or insight on this matter. I got really upset the first time it happened.