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Wow... Yeah.. that might be an issue... The thing, though, about those trains from the 1960s is that they were built to operate from up to 300 watts. Most have 2 trucks that pick up power. One for +, one for -. No trucks that pick up on both sides or two trucks both for the same pole. The short you are talking about probably wouldn't melt something like this: <img src="http://www.snstrains.com/images/Diesel%20drive%20shaft%20application.jpg" alt=" " width="280" height="130" /> There are no wires connecting the wheels on the conducting side. It flows around the entire body of the truck, which has a wire connected to it at the top. I have been working with these, and some are almost impossible to short in the first place. Even a wrongly configured reversing loop couldn't do much damage. Only the modern trains pick up power from all trucks on all sides, meaning that there are many wires inside that could be melted if there is a short related to power pickups or a reversing loop... I'll keep that in mind, though! Thanks! --Lax
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