Lionel (31956) Thomas The Train Set "power switch" Questions

...can supply a fixed voltage to the switch. If the power is taken from the track in conventional running and the train is set to a low speed, the voltage may be not sufficient to throw the

power and see if the switch throws. First do center and right terminals and then center and left terminals. If no sound or buzz the solenoid may be bad. If buzz then see if the rails are stuck and can

engine. One turns the sound on and off and the other turns the power to the engine on and off. Make sure you have the power switch turned on. It should default to full forward with the transmitter off

...power to the toggle switch then the toggle switch may be faulty....I had purchased 2 rh o36 & 2 lh 036 and one of my lh switches did that, so I sent it back for a refund..This is usually where i ...

...power xfmrs. For the sound stay on problem with switch off, try putting a fixed load on the tracks ie: An accessory of some kind (lights etc). Usually a fixed electrical load will fix this problem. ...

...switch on the engine - it didn"t make any difference.) Do you think the problem is in the transformer or the engine? Turn the power to the track off and then back on. The engine may stay still ...

use insulator pins on the inside rails than come off the frog. Also make sure each track after the switch is wired with the same polarity. Keep power to center rail and ground to the same outside rail

...power adequate for the train and is it a working tranformer? Will the train run by connecting the wires directly to the two points of the train (wheels and center rail connector)? Are the tracks new? ...

...switch to loose track power. Most of the time it is the wide place on the switch. Had two of mind on both ends of the hot rail hookup do the same thing. What I did was have hot rail hookup in five or ...

...power (hot and common) and the other two which go to the pushbutton switch. Note: Same goes for Lionel FasTrack Remote switches. Run the switches from a 10 to 12 VAC aux supply. There is a jumper you ...