I purchased an ex track crossing gate from a dealer and installed it in my ez track layout.  The gate is nickel silver but the rest of the track is steel.  The problem is the locomotive doesn't conduct power in the gate section of track.  I checked the power on the gate section with a meter and it checks ok, just like the rest of the layout.


I checked the wheel axle on the locomotive with a meter while it is stalled on the gate section and I get nothing.  Runs fine on all other sections.  Any ideas?  This was purchased by me as new old stock.  It was in an unopened package but it could be older.