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Hi all. I model in N scale and have a layout that had progressed to about 30% scenicked based on C&O in the mid 60's to early 70's in southeastern Ohio / West Virginia. It's in a walk-in closet (all I could negotiate) and is U-shaped about 7.5 feet by 5.5 feet, with a plan modified from a mid-90's MR plan. My trackwork is pretty good .. usually just 15 minutes of cleaning and all runs well except for the occasional problem at a couple of spots I need to work on. I run a Digitrax Zephyr with a second throttle, have about 10 locos, 3 are DC and the rest DCC, with a couple that I've converted included an SW8 with a Digitrax 123 decoder (not an easy conversion but seem to finally have it running reasonably well). So I have a little experience but am by no means an expert. My problem is a recent eBay purchase of an old Atlas RS-2 (made in Japan, not sure of vintage). It ran OK on DC when I tried it the first few times, but now all of a sudden it runs full out as soon as the wheels hit the rails, even when not selected. Nothing can stop it. I haven't opened it up yet, but plan to for cleaning and to check out conversion possibilities. Could anybody help point me in the right direction as to what the problem might be? Thanks in advance; I read a lot of the forums but this is my first posting.
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