Has anyone encountered sparking when either a locomotive or steel wheeled cars (e.g. S-Helper) when passing through a Fastrack switch? I just have one switch that does this and none of the other six spark. The switches are wired to track power so I can operate them with my Cab-1. Suggestions? Thanks.
RBG
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No, I haven't had that issue and I don't know what would be causing it.
BTW, you don't have to have your switches track powered to control them with a Cab-1 or Cab-2. I have my FasTrack switch motors powered by my auxiliary bus per the instructions and use my Cab-2 to throw the switches.
I use FasTrack for my postwar Flyer and never noticed anything like that. I do have one switch that likes to throw itself for some reason but it also took a few attempts to get enough properly working switches for my layout. Not knocking Lionel but it seems like Flyer track certainly has some quality control issues. My O gauge FasTrack has never given me that much trouble.
Thanks for your input guys. I’m just going to suck it up and replace the errant switch. I noticed that while the points move as they should, the part that looks like…excuse my ignorance…a pinball flipper doesn’t move when the switch is thrown. I don’t think that’s the cause of the sparking problem, but does indicate that perhaps the switch has failed. I’ll tear into it when the new switch arrives. Thanks again.
RBG
That's the closed frog. If it is not moving when you throw it, then it is definitely faulty.
Thanks Chuck. That’s sort of what I thought. Perhaps the “frog” (now that I know the correct nomenclature) not moving is the cause of the sparking. I’ll sort it out when I replace the switch. Thanks again for your input.
RBG
Try giving it a shot of CRC contact cleaner may have getting clogged with gremlin crud.
Gunny
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