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       #Post#: 1824--------------------------------------------------
       Fastrack Unloading track problem
       By: 70gtvert Date: December 25, 2017, 11:39 am
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       I converted over to Fastrack including the accessory track for
       uncoupling and unloading. Unloading works well enough, tipping
       the car, at least when empty. But the milk cars don't work. I
       have 3 and all worked on the old style track. Here they are
       lethargic to the point of not hardly moving. At first I thought
       it may have been the mechanism, but when all 3 showed the same
       symptoms I decided to test them off the transformer where all
       three worked just fine, nice and crisp. It's like there's a
       dramatic voltage drop on the accessory track yet I don't
       understand why as there is no circuit board yet when I was
       hooked to the transformer and went with very low voltage I
       simulated the effect. All contacts on the controller are bright
       and shinny, it is a new piece. Anyone else run into this?
       Perhaps re-wiring it to run off transformer voltage (which I
       thought it was doing off the track now, or am I wrong). Thanks
       for any insight. John.
       #Post#: 1842--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Fastrack Unloading track problem
       By: 70gtvert Date: December 31, 2017, 3:36 pm
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       Well, I just took this track out. After careful observation I
       noticed each time a train ran over it the circuit breaker light
       on my TW would flicker on and off and on my shorter engines
       where I had the e-unit set to work it would stop the train. I
       suspect I have a defective track. Will try trouble shooting it
       later. A short may explain why the milk cars work fine when run
       straight off the TW but not off the track. Now for the next
       question and lets see if I get any replies on it.
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