I am having several problem areas on my railroad with engine stalls. But what I'm seeing on "dead rail" and "battery" Treads, I am not the only one. I think most of the areas are where I have cleaned the track with too much abrasion. Looking at going to an auto body shop and getting some 4000 grit sand paper and trying to buff out the bad areas. Any thoughts on that process? And also, after doing so, any type of electrical conditioner to be applied on the rail heads for protection? I have cleaned the wheels on the engines and still having some issues. I have 20 engines converted with the LM-2's thanks to Kevin Packard's fantastic work. I'm pretty sure that is my problem. In talking with Tim at ring engineering, he confirmed with me that the black carbon that I'm picking up on recently cleaned rail heads is in fact microscopic Sparks due too rough track making the connections that much worse. Any thoughts on track conditioning is very welcomed until stay alive or battery power is more possible.
Thanks, Rob Cooper