Brokemoto,

thanks for the detailed response.  As I will have time tomorrow I will get to troubleshooting with the excellent suggestions here.

My response with regard to the locomotive was partly due to the fact that the back of the EZ track switch package itself hints at that very thing, where it is written that trains with short wheel bases may require rewiring of the switch. Which I did.

As my train stops directly at the frog, each and every time, I anticipate the worst while hoping the solutions here will help.

I will be sure to eat my words previous if the problem is indeed as simple as my own faulty set up.

All my tracks are indeed EZ Tracks.

I should also add that when I started the setup, the terminal/rerailer section was on the other side of the switches, but when I switched the top switch in the picture to "straight" the entire portion of the loop to the right side of the switches went completely dead.

I therefore moved the rerailer section to where it presently is in the picture, whereupon the locomotive simply stopped at the switch itself.

Thanks again!

Oh, and the picture you included is simply wonderful! Very inspiring!

Brokemoto,

The point about the locomotive is well taken, and, if true,  I feel it is grossly misleading for this company to sell a starter box with recommended track layouts clearly printed on the back most of which requires one to buy a new locomotive, with no mention of that fact.

If this is indeed the case after I go through the rest of my troubleshooting, I will never buy this company's products again.

Thanks for the help all... I will try the suggestions and see what works!
Cheers

Good day, recently I purchased a Bachmann "Frontiersman" N scale train set for my son's 9th Birthday, and looking at the back of the box also purchased some extra EZ Track Remote switches (44862 and 44861) to build the first recommended layout pictured.

Well, every single time the 4-4-0 Jupiter locomotive stops on the top switch in the pic included below - apparently on the "frog" when coming in from the straight rail only through the top of the switch "Y" (found this out after much investigating).

Read the back of the switch package where it explains "powering the frog" and rewired the switch as per.

Funnily enough "eureka!" it worked - for about five laps, and then it did the same thing over again.

Any help would be much appreciated - the back of the switch package suggests the wheelbase of the locomotive might be the problem - but if this is the case why on earth would a variation of this layout be pictured not once, but FOUR TIMES on the back of the box?

Regards,

BSchneid



Note in the picture above the train is entering through the curved portion of the top of the "Y" of the offending switch - never any problems there!  Only when entering through the large oval.

Sorry folks, site wouldn't let me upload the 100 kb pic, hopefully my description is good enough!
Thanks!

Good day, recently I purchased a Bachmann "Frontiersman" N scale train set for my son's 9th Birthday, and looking at the back of the box also purchased some extra EZ Track Remote switches (44862 and 44861) to build the first recommended layout pictured.

Well, every single time the 4-4-0 Jupiter locomotive stops on the top switch in the pic included below - apparently on the "frog" when coming in from the straight rail only through the top of the switch "Y" (found this out after much investigating).

Read the back of the switch package where it explains "powering the frog" and rewired the switch as per.

Funnily enough "eureka!" it worked - for about five laps, and then it did the same thing over again.

Any help would be much appreciated - the back of the switch package suggests the wheelbase of the locomotive might be the problem - but if this is the case why on earth would a variation of this layout be pictured not once, but FOUR TIMES on the back of the box?

Regards,

BSchneid