. I can't wait to hear what the problem is
Have you ever tried Super Trees? Not all that expensive, and they turn into nice looking trees...a little messy (cheap hair spray is required) but you can make a bunch of different sized trees pretty fast
I still can't believe that I found the problem, all things considered, it was like finding a needle in a haystack. This morning I jumped out the two tracks on either side of the bad track and the circuit breaker did not trip. The bad piece of track is still unwired at both ends and it still reads continuity across the rails. I have never heard of anything like this. I will take it out later on this morning; but my brain is kind of throbbing over this problem that I have been working days on trying to figure out...never thought it would be a bad piece of track...this is one for the records...I have ripped out a lot of track with the reverse loop problem and disconnected a lot of track trying to find this problem. My layout looks like hell, I've moved most of the structures off the layout to access track removal...
Well, I pulled out the bad piece of track and I can't for the life of me see what's wrong with it and yet I still reads continuity sitting by itself on my workbench...this piece of junk went into the trash right after I took the picture...not going to put it aside and use it again in a couple of years...this is one for the books. There's got to be something shorting it out; but I am so fed up with looking for this problem for years that I am DONE F-ing around with this piece of track
Glad you finally found the problem after so much aggravation.
Probably would have done that in my earlier days; but after a couple of weeks crawling under the layout, getting out, disconnecting a piece of track feeders and going back under the table, repeat steps one and two; my knees are killing me, my back is aching, me neck is stiff, and "Frankly Scarlett, I don't give a damn" I've already cut a new piece of track and it is drying with a liberal coat of Liquid Nails. If I don't see that bad track ever again, it will be too soon. Onward to checking all the track for disconnected wires and plastering the roadbed locations that I ripped out. I was almost at the point of ripping everything out and taking up chess
I hear you. Enuf said.
I saw that too, but thought perhaps it was "in the background" rather than on the tie.
Sorry, i do not have a specific thread. Maybe I'll get one started! I do post progress updates from time to time. I can try to put something together with pics since early construction. As for the track plan i will update my Atlas software and post a picture of it. The track plan consists of a stub end yard with six spurs, two yard leads, turntable, fueling and repair facilities. the mainline is a folded over twin figure eight with only two sidings five spurs, two that are switchback type. I intentionally made the design cumbersome and unuser friendly which makes switching and servicing eight industries a challenge.
That friends, is going to be the question of all time. Kind of like why does the coyote keeping buying stuff from the Acme Manufacturing company to catch the roadrunner, when everything he has bought never works correctly...Who know...The Shadow knows...
