Remote Left Turnout Problem

[Ronald]

Hello,

New to the forum, out of the hobby for a while. I am having a problem with this turnout, it was bought on EBay but was sealed still in package new. It worked fine for a couple days and then train started losing power when it would go through, every time actually. The remote switch part still works and I replaced with another piece of track and no problems. I have tried the turnout in another area and same result. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

[BobZ]

Had similar problem with a #5 just purchased. Check the continuity of the track. along each section of the turnout. I had a dead rail going into the frog.

[Ronald]

Thanks for the response, that is what the problem is. One of the 2 connections underneath broke loose. I tried to solder it back and didn't work. It does work when I jump it but not sure how I want to do that, I guess solder a wire to the side of the rails. There should really be more protection underneath and those were the smallest screws I ever saw.