I just purchased "Norman Rockwell's Main Street Christmas" battery powered set on Monday and set it up today using all 10 track pieces (8 A-A and 2 A-B ends). The streetcar will happily start off at the furthest end from the battery and chug along merrily to the battery end, pause then reverse. But instead of traversing to the far end again it stops on the sixth track piece and reverses there back to the battery end.

I have checked my B-B B-A A-A .. A-B B-B configuration it is all correct. I have tried starting from shorter lengths and in many different combinations of straight/curved track but no matter the combination the streetcar always reverses on the sixth track piece when travelling away from the battery end. Again, it is quite happy to start at the far end every time and travel to the battery end, but will always reverse again travelling away from the battery at number six track piece.

I am using brand new Energiser Max AA batteries.

Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated as right now it looks like my streetcar company is operating a limited service in my Christmas town!