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I have had trouble using the Walthers/Shnohara turnouts. There is a small brass tab that is supposed to slide under the stock rail to give good electrical contact. However, on most of the turnouts I've used, this tab gets bent out of place easily and jams between the points and the stock rails. I have removed all he brass tabs and the turnouts work very well with DCC now. <br /> <br />As to the shorting that occurs when the back of the wheels touch the points and the stock rails, I've only encounted this is with six wheel diesel trucks and six wheel passenger trucks. I now paint the back side of the wheels with a back enamel paint and it has seemed to solve all the shorting problems.
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