I may have a trouble spot on my layout just above where 9 transformers are on four shelves below the layout and a run of some 25 wires run above those parallel to a straight section of track atop the layout. I have never had any problem with running conventional, TMCC, or Legacy engines on this particular straight away section of track either from a standstill or when passing through it, but recently in having tried some 4-5 new Legacy AF engines out from a dead stop on that section they have not performed all that well until they've moved away from it and circled around, or I picked them up and started them off on another part of that loop or another loop. Could it be more recently manufactured engines are more sensitive to something? Could it be with all of those transformers and runs of wire below that straightaway that it is getting adversely affected in some way these engines respond to? Thanks. How might I shield the tracks from below -- if that would help.
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