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I was running a train today, and when it was running, my Digitrax Zephyr's display would flicker just like it does when there's a momentary short circuit. The loco is running as if it is like that too, jerking in time to each flicker.Only one locomotive does this, however. the only time I've touched it since I last ran it (without this flickering) was to clean it's wheels. I did notice while holding it on the rubbing-alcohol-soaked paper towel while it was running that it would occasionally flicker just like this, except less frequent. I know it's the loco (an Atlas SDP35 with DCC a factory-installed duel-mode decoder), and I'm thinking that maybe the rubbing alcohol is shorting it out (does alcohol even conduct electricity?) so in mind of that I wiped the undersides of the trucks dry with a paper towel.Can anyone help? The layout is HO. I've tried restarting the Zephyr (unplug and plug back in) and nothing is helping. An answer would be nice by tomorrow morning when an operating session may be happening...Thanks in advance,
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