We are having trouble with one of our DCC Sound engines from Bachmann.  The sound just quit on us.   It is out of warranty (by 6 weeks).  Does anyone know if there is a way we can repair it at home?  Or is there a card or a chip that might need replacing?
Thanks, as always, for your help.
Joyce

Okay - you guys were SOOO helpful in getting our reverse loop set up with Bachmann equipment.  Now we are looking for some help in "controlling" our turn switch controls.  We have quite a few now (like 16).  The ones that come with the Bachmann EZ Track are pretty chintzy.  I have heard that Radio Shack makes a good switch - but I have no idea which one it is, or what that would entail.
Also, ours are just nailed on to a shelf.  Does anyone have a good suggestion as to how to make a control panel for the switches?

Thanks in advance for your help.
Joyce

We are trying to add another oval to our layout, with a figure 8 inside to be able to have the trains reverse directions - no matter which way they come from.  That new oval would have switches coming in and out from an existing oval.

Please know that we have all Bachmann EZ Track - including 2 Auto Reversers and 4 pieces of their Gap Track. 

Can anyone tell us how to set this up?  Where would the gap tracks need to go and where would the auto reversers need to be hooked up? (And is that all we would need in order to do this?)

This would be on an 8 by 4 board - so would also appreciate know what radius track we would need and what degree of crossing we would need.

Thank you - we really appreciate any help you are willing to give us.

Joyce
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We have just purchased the Old Tyme Village Freight, to replace our Heritage Village train.  Unfortunately, it looks like we have the same problem as we always had with the Heritage Village.  I do not know the model number (perhaps if someone could tell me I could find references in the forum).  Right now, when we touch power to the axles of the coal car, the wheels on the locomotive run, but when we put it on the track, it does not.  It does not pick up electricity from the track.  Not even the light comes on.  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?  This is the model with the copper wires, and there seems to be some other references to this design, but no real suggestion on how to get it running, or fix it permanently.  Any thoughts?  Thanks - not an expert.