Hi all I have a problem with an atlas code83 turnout. The engine stutters and if going very slow will  stop on turnout. I have cleaned the points and pivots. checked wiring. if i push down slightly on loco it will start again. this by the way happens with all three of my engines. Im stumped. I should add that this is just straight dc.thanks Dick

I have another weird idea.  If anybody likes it, I'd love to hear how it works.  I might even try it myself one of these days.

The way I see it, there has to be a definite relationship between the height of a body bolster and a coupler mounting pad.  If we imagine that there is one standard bolster height, and one standard coupler pad height (for a given scale/gauge, of course), then you could make a go/no-go gauge which touches both and would show whether one or the other was off.

Two problems with that assumption:

I AM FROM INDIA. AND IN HERE IT IS VERY HARD TO GET A ACTUAL HOBBY SHOP. I DO HAVE A LAYOUT IN MY ROOM...BUT SINCE THE MOISTURE IS PRETTY HIGH THE TRACKS ARE COVED WITH SOME KIND OF OXIDES...NOW I AM FACING PROBLEM IN RUNNING THE TRAINS. THEY ARE NOT GETTING POWER FROM THE TRACKS. I HAVE SEARCHED SOME LOCAL WEBSITES... NONE OF THEM CAN PROVIDE ME WITH THE CLEANING SOLUTION OR CLEANING EQUIPTMENTS.. ANY IDEA WHAT I CAN USE TO CLEAN THE TRACKS?

I have a DT400 Digitrax throttle and lately I have noticed an aggravating issue. I will be running a train, and the throttle will just reset itself back to zero speed, without me touching it. I will move the throttle knob back up to the speed i want and within a short period of time it will once again set itself back to zero. The throttle is plugged into Loconet. Its not on battery and has no battery installed. When I use any other throttle like a UT4 it works just fine. Anyone run into this problem?