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[quote user="richhotrain"] All indications are that the wheelset is shorting the turnout. When I mention the word "tight", I don't mean to suggest that the wheel is wedged in the turnout but rather that the rails of opposite polarity are so close that the offending wheel is touching both rails simultaneously, causing the short. Apply some clear nail polish in the area circled in red in my diagram, not much just enough where those two rails converge. Rich <div style="clear:both;"> </div> [/quote] A more permanent solution could take one of three forms: 1. treat the frog like an electrofrog turnout, gap and power separately (if power is required) 2. Using a small triangular file, remove material on both rails from non flange side so that the code 110 rp25 wheel does not make contact. 3. use semi-scale wheels (code 88).  This makes bridging between the rails as described by Rich impossible.   Also note that some locomotives have hot sideframes, which can also make incidental contact with the diverging route on the turnout.   This does not occur with the code 83 turnouts, or on the very newest code 100 turnouts.
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