I use MTH track, one inner and one outer loop. The loops connect in 3 places with back to back 72 inch switches, and one 54 inch switch on the outer loop to a yard as well as another 72 inch switch on the inner loop to another yard. My mth trains run fine on them all, though at the end of the yard track power ends, after another switch. My new Lionel pacific Chicago & Alton smoking whistle loco works fine on all but 1 inner switch to the outer loop and the 54 inch switch to the outer loop yard. when traveling below 40 the engine stops if going straight as soon as the first two wheels hit the plastic part of the switch. All sounds die and I have to push the engine forward to get it to work again. If 50, the lights on the track flash and the engine hesitates, but does keep going. At 60, the lights just quickly flash. Why does it do it on only 2 switches? How do I fix this?
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