Good day, recently I purchased a Bachmann "Frontiersman" N scale train set for my son's 9th Birthday, and looking at the back of the box also purchased some extra EZ Track Remote switches (44862 and 44861) to build the first recommended layout pictured.
Well, every single time the 4-4-0 Jupiter locomotive stops on the top switch in the pic included below - apparently on the "frog" when coming in from the straight rail only through the top of the switch "Y" (found this out after much investigating).
Read the back of the switch package where it explains "powering the frog" and rewired the switch as per.
Funnily enough "eureka!" it worked - for about five laps, and then it did the same thing over again.
Any help would be much appreciated - the back of the switch package suggests the wheelbase of the locomotive might be the problem - but if this is the case why on earth would a variation of this layout be pictured not once, but FOUR TIMES on the back of the box?
Regards,
BSchneid
Note in the picture above the train is entering through the curved portion of the top of the "Y" of the offending switch - never any problems there! Only when entering through the large oval.
Well, every single time the 4-4-0 Jupiter locomotive stops on the top switch in the pic included below - apparently on the "frog" when coming in from the straight rail only through the top of the switch "Y" (found this out after much investigating).
Read the back of the switch package where it explains "powering the frog" and rewired the switch as per.
Funnily enough "eureka!" it worked - for about five laps, and then it did the same thing over again.
Any help would be much appreciated - the back of the switch package suggests the wheelbase of the locomotive might be the problem - but if this is the case why on earth would a variation of this layout be pictured not once, but FOUR TIMES on the back of the box?
Regards,
BSchneid
Note in the picture above the train is entering through the curved portion of the top of the "Y" of the offending switch - never any problems there! Only when entering through the large oval.