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For some time now i have had this problem with my Stainz but now i have a similar problem with my ICE train. What it is, the power pick up contact on one side has become grooved and it seems to pick up a black residue, which is very hard to get rid of, because it gets in the grooves, I have been using a spark plug file to get rid of some of the grooves and then fine emery paper to get rid of all the residue that is left. It is recurring and i can only run it for about 5 hours without having to do the same thing again. 1) why is it always on one side only and on the front power pick up, i suspect electrolysis has something to do with it. (the passage of electricity through disimilar materials) 2) Why should the pick ups get grooved. 3) The Stainz is run in conjunction with a powered tender and it does not have the same problem. 4) It only happens on the front pick ups on the ICE train ie the front power unit, the ones that pulls the train; not the back one that pushes the train. 5) it is always on the right side and never on the left. These two locos along with my Mallet are my oldest and most used but the Mallet doesn't have power pick ups, so it doesn't have the problem Any ideas Rgds Ian
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