Happy Holidays. I've been using a TPC with a 180 brick to run my old postwar 726 without any issues for three holiday seasons. Recently the loco stops without any cause. It seems to occur at the same locations. Just past a switch, over a crossover, and two other places one curve, one straight. The consist is four 1990's 027 illuminated passenger cars.
When it stops, the power is shut down but the breaker does not pop. I just turn the Cab 2 red knob and the power comes back and it runs till it decides to stop again. Sometimes it goes a couple times around without stopping.
I examined the loco and the pickup rollers are beginning to show some wear but I haven't noticed a great deal of sparking. I tried a different loco and it runs without any problems. Going slower does seem to work a little better.
So what is the 726 doing to trigger this unwanted stoppage? I would have thought the breaker would be popping if something was shorting on a rail??
Thank you for reading and offering advice,
John
