Quote from: nfmisso on March 17, 2013, 07:21:33 PM
Sounds like you are trying to run both engines at the same time on the same track.  The power pack that came with the train sets does not have sufficient power to do this; it will get hot, stinky and the overload protection will trip.

There are many choices for running multiple engines at the same time.  I would suggest that you look into DCC.  An alternate choice is called "block control", which has been around for more than 50 years.  DCC has been around for more than 20 years, and is a well established standard.

no no no he is only using one engine at a time and none are working suddenly.

when it stopped I made the track into a simple circle for to see...the situtation still is the same....I also had a brand new controller and hooked it up and the same problem is happening...I even hooked up the controller just to the power track with no other tracks and put engines on it one at a time with same result for each engine...the whole thing is very puzzling and frustrating. 

My son has a Pacific Flyer ez track and also a Thouroughbred ez track. He has been using both until yesterday. We have one track set up and he can use either engine on the track however for some reason the engine of both no longer works...we have switched the controller and neither controller works. The red light does light up but the engines goes very very very slowly. Both controllers do seem to get warm and I dont know if thats normal either. I plugged each one in to a different outet as well with the same results. This is very frustrating needless to say and my son is very down over this because its the one hobby he really wants to continue to grow with  (he is ten) so i am hoping for some direction here short of buying a whole new set and or going with Lionel instead. Thanks in advance for any help here !