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<p>[quote user="peahrens"]</p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">gmpullman</div> <div class="quote-content">You can always place the locomotive (s) on a length of track and use your meter to check that the frame is isolated from the rails.</div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>Ed, this is what I was looking for.  I think I'll check this way when uncertain.</p> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>You can also put the locomotive on the track with kadee #5/#148/other metal coupler and perform a continuity check to see if coulper is shorted to the rail.</p> <p>This thread made me go back and check my Athearn RTRs for this short.</p>
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