technical difficulties

Are any of the tabs broken? Maybe there’s some burn marks under or near the rails?

Hi Paigetrain,

The set is designed to operate only the 40 x 70 track and the one engine with the supplied terminal track and power supply. 

If you add-in the Fastrack power block Lock-on track, I would use that only. Remove the terminal track from the layout. Connect the separate purchase 4A power transformer to the block power track. 

Now you should have enough power to add more track and connect accessories.

If one of the tracks are actually shorting and kicking the transformer off, then something must be broken internally. 

Has it been less than a year since your purchase? If yes, it is under warranty with Lionel. Call customer service for a replacement track.

Moonman posted:

Hi Paigetrain,

The set is designed to operate only the 40 x 70 track and the one engine with the supplied terminal track and power supply. 

If you add-in the Fastrack power block Lock-on track, I would use that only. Remove the terminal track from the layout. Connect the separate purchase 4A power transformer to the block power track. 

Now you should have enough power to add more track and connect accessories.

If one of the tracks are actually shorting and kicking the transformer off, then something must be broken internally. 

Has it been less than a year since your purchase? If yes, it is under warranty with Lionel. Call customer service for a replacement track.

It's actually the plug and play track that comes with the set and I don't see any visible damage to it either

If you can, I would take the plug 'n play section to a friend's house or to your local hobby store and have them hook it up to their track and see if the same problem shows up there. At least that way, you can determine precisely whether that piece is causing your issue.

If it does, maybe they can try and repair it.