Writing the note above helped me figure out what was going on -- I think.  I'll check it out tomorrow and get back on the forum if it doesn't work.

Hi!  I'm new to the forum.  Although I do have a small N-scale layout, built about 30 years ago (so that's the technology I'm familiar with), I'm primarily into O gauge now.  But, in helping a 6th grader set up his EZ-Track layout today I ran into some problems that one of you might be able to help me with.

We note that changing the switch direction also affects electical current flow (my old Pecos are similar).  We finally got a locomotive running around a loop by aligning the switches with the loop.  We were also able to run the locomotive into a passing siding by aligning the switch that direction (the electrical connection was on the main loop, past the switch).  But we were not able to get the locomotive to exit the opposite side of the passing siding no matter which direction we turned the exit switch.

Next we moved the electrical connection to the passing siding, and the locomotive easily ran around the passing siding completing that loop -- but it would not exit the main line when it reached the exit switch.

We also had problems when we made two connections to the main loop -- were not getting any power to the track, even though we reversed the connections one at a time.

I'll take my meter over tomorrow and see if we can figure it out, but I would appreciate some words of advice about what we are seeing -- and perhaps information as to a reference booklet that might explain the operation better.  (The instructions I found on the Bachman site are very brief and do not cover this.)

Thanks for any help you may give!