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[quote user="Blind Bruce"]<p><br />>>> snip <<<< In the meantime, does anybody have experience with these Mikes? Does the power from the rails come from the engine alone or is one side from the tender?</p><p>Bruce in the Peg </p><p>[/quote]</p><p>Yes, I have two of them. All loco drive wheels are powered, and each tender truck picks up from one rail.</p><p>On a piece of straight and level track, you can confirm this (ease the tender clear off the rails, then the engine, then lean the engine one way and the tender the other, then vice-versa). </p><p>If it isn't powered during all this, there's something mechnical wrong, like a loose or broken wire (check the cable and plug between engine and tender), or the like; or some very dirty wheels and/or track.</p><p>But again, from your initial description, if you're getting a short-circuit, the problem isn't a loss of pickup. It's <strong>too much</strong> pickup: something touching something else that it shouldn't. </p><p>If you run the engine slowly through the turnout, in a darkened room, you might be able to see a spark when the short occurs. That will be a large clue! The fix will depend on which wheelset it is, and where on the turnout it occurs.</p><p> </p>
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