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Alex came over today, and in addition to other things, we worked on my locomotives...The GP18 had nothing wrong with it, it was actually a faulty decoder. We found that out after totally disassembling the loco to troubleshoot the problem, putting it back together, and then disassembling it AGAIN, ripping out all the wire, and then hard-wiring in a 9-pin socket for the decoder... Then it still didn't work, so we tried 1701's decoder and it worked perfectly.The frame is here so I can work on the headlights (Alex got it running perfectly on his first hard-wire decoder install ([tup]) but wasn't able to get the headlights working. I'll figure it out.) while the shell went with Alex to get painted in WRS colors... SDP35 had it's decoder installed the right way, and worked perfectly the first time. It's currently operative and back on the roster.The PRR GP7 had an unknown problem. I ripped out all the wiring and hard-wired a 9-pin socket in, but I don't have a decoder to test it with, since the one I have has no motor control... The frame I have, and the shell went off with Alex to get painted.I now have two faulty Digitrax decoders... I'm going to contact Tony (of Tony's Train Exchange, where I bought them) and see what I can do about it. The 60-day Digitrax warrenty has expired since January... If he can't do anything, I'll write a complaint letter to Digitrax...
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