hi everyone, we need help with some issues we are having with lionel trains with legacy.
first problem is lights flicker all over ,train stops, put hand over it and it runs fine.
we have run a grounded wire underneath of layout and above the tracks that the train is on and still light flickers.
the only way to get it to stop is by placing wire about two inches away from engine just above it. the train will not run if we sit the wire next to the track?
the engine we are testing with is a lionel legacy blue comet. now I know the antenna needs to isolated from the frame and all that stuff, and on the uppermost level we do have the train running ok I guess, the lights don't flicker although the whistle does not blow everywhere. the train will not run at all anywhere if we turn on the smoke unit. we took this to lionel before they moved from canfield and they "fixed it". the headlight just flickers when you turn on the smoke unit.
we have run a wire all along the uppermost tracks and we placed a wire that zigzags under the three lowest tracks and we have yet to do anything on the middle three tracks.
very frustrated with lionel, trains need to run for autistic boy, and I cant get it to run no matter how many grounded wires we place next to the engine.
please help.
jerry