great website. I have book marked them all.I tried the transformer again this time with the speed lever all the way off and miraculously it did not tripped the breaker. so I am going with the assumption that the transformer is not defective.
so my next step is to see if the engines work. I don't have a section of track that has working terminal posts. Is it ok just to attach the bare wires from the transformer directly to each of the rails.I guess I will need to buy some terminal posts but for now I just want to see if I can get  the engines going. thank you.