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Yesterday I installed a deocder in a Proto 2000 GP7. Today, I started to clean the wheels using the rubbing alcohol and paper towel method, and then after the locomotive had run for only a short time, something jiggled inside (it was a real mess of wires inside the shell) and shorted out.I tested it to see if it was the headlights by turning them off, and it still shorted. The short is not my question.I took the locomotive off the track, and as the circuit breaker reset itself, the track power indicator on my Digitrax Zephyr turned GREEN and all the locomotives on the layout surged forward. I quickly pressed the power button to shut off track power, and ran to remove the locomotives from the track. When I came back, however, the track power indicator was orange, meaning there was still regular power on the track. (when no power is on the light is off)I didn't even know the light was capable of displaying green, and what does it mean? Why did all my locomotives start running by themselves? Help!
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