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More brass engine voodoo magic stuff I just don't get! Ok, so how does this work with the tender picking up the current. One wire going from the motor is grounded to the chassis. The other goes back to a small connection for the tender. And the tender has metal wheels, metal chassis obviously and a metal pin that goes thru the loco bar. On the loco bar there is a small wire looking piece. All of this makes sense but it doesn't seem like the most reliable or best way to get power to the motor. I mean, the half the surfaces are painted over with some pretty thick paint and that can't help the conductivity I would think. What are you thoughts here and are there any other options for this? 5150
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