Sorry I took so long to get back, reality keeps bothering me.
I'm at a loss, I have no bugs and I have added a board and placed the portal on solid ground, so to speak and I have also tried several portals all with identical results. I have run trains in other routes with portals and and bugs and they work just fine so it does not appear to be a blanket problem.
While bothersome, I'm not going to lose much as this was just a one board narrow gage route with not a lot of time invested.
Thank you everyone for your assistance.
Regards,