Fast Track Dead spots.

If the Fastrack was used, you may have some loose connections at the center rail. You should also use power drops for every 10 or 12 feet of track. How many do you have now? To have dead spots that stop an engine both ends of a section of track would have to have a poor connection. An ohmmeter will help to find those bad joints.

Read this thread starting with the post in my link.  Read the whole thread, but especially from that post on down.  More than likely you have a few pieces of track that are defective and will need to be modified or replaced.

Did you follow these recommendations when assembling your track?

I've also just used Copper Tape for a quick fix across the dead area using a meter to find it.

Jim

Great video; ran into the same problem with my E6 stopping dead; took the easy way out and replaced 2 straight sections; identified them with a meter; now, I can fix them.

Try loosening the screws a little - you don't want to screw the Fastrack down severely tight - it can change the angle of where the sections meet and create small gaps. My experience is that FT doesn't need much screwing down - it stays pretty stationary on its own. You can also use special (wider) foam roadbed made for FT and available on the bay to help keep it from moving.