Need Some FasTrack & Transformer Help

Hi. From the blinking, it sounds as though you may have either a dead short somewhere in your wiring, or your transformers are not in phase. If they are out of phase, just swap the positions of the wires on the back of one transformer.

As for the whole layout being powered when you have isolating track sections. Did you remove the wires underneath the isolating sections? 

Otherwise, it may something unusual in the layout wiring. It's rather difficult to tell without seeing a wiring diagram. In theory, all that you should need is for the wires from one transformer to go to one loop, and those from the other to go to the other loop.

My best guess would be that the wires are still in place under the isolating sections. 

I hope that this is of some help.

Are the insulated pieces the small ones that are only 1 3/8 inch long?

If so, there is a wire underneath that needs to be removed before the two loops can be electrically isolated from each other.

Also, make sure the transformers are in phase. I'm sure they are, otherwise you would have already discovered a much bigger problem.

Thanks for the help. My friend called the Train Station folks and they also identified the problem as those connecting wires in the insulated sections. Not being familiar with FasTrack, I didn't know how those sections actually worked.

He's pumped now that we've identified the problem, so he's moving on to some other challenges, like a trolley line, and some accessories.

Next, what do you mean by crossovers? A fixed piece or switches?

Finally, the wiring should have a buss around the entire layout. All commons or "U" connections to the same wire. Then, two "A" wires, one for each transformer.

Optionally, two wires, one for each accessory terminal. (probably needed to power the switches, if they exist. Better than track power.)

For simplicity and testing after configuring the isolated track section properly,(disconnecting the center wire jumper) he could connect each transformer to a terminal track on the loop it is intended to power.

Let us know if you resolved it.