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<p>If Selector's diagnosis is true (sounds likely to me), there's a possible solution that's more work, but also more permanent. If the nail laquer works, then when it wears off, try this: </p><p>Check the clearance through the guard rail with an NMRA gauge -- if it's too wide, try a snall piece of styrene (.010 or so) as a shim on the inside of the guard rail. That might hold the wheelset away from the frog just far enough to prevent a short.</p><p>You do have to be careful not to shim too much, or other wheelsets might bind or even stick in the gap. </p>
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