dmanquen

I know this is very old, but it is too bad someone didn't advise that the engine should first be tested right at the lockon. If it won't run properly there, it certainly won't run elsewhere on the loop!! Also, voltmeters don't measure any voltage drop across a bad track joint if there is no current flowing through the joint. A good way to test is to break the track at one side of the lockon and then move a load (locomotive) and the voltmeter probes around the layout in increments until reaching the disconnected end. With the engine set for slow speed, stalling the engine by hand will temporarily increase the current enough to get a good drop across a bad joint.