short in USRA 0-6-0

[that chippedlee]

Greetings fellow model railroaders.

    I have had a problem starting today, as I post this of my USRA 0-6-0 from the Pacific Flyer set has been short circuting the track. I have checked all of my track to see if there is a misconnection and there isn't one that I can identify. is there any troubleshoots or how can I fix my locomotive?

     Thanks much fellas!

[trainman203]

Bachmann service dept

[trainman203]

Have you tried the locomotive on another layout?

[jward]

First I need to ask if it is an actual short circuit, as in it trips the circuit breaker on the controller? Or is it a situation where the locomotive stops running or will not run at all? If the circuit breaker does not trip you have an open circuit somewhere and troubleshooting is going to be ALOT different than an actual short. I say this, because I have several of the 0-6-0s including one from the Pacific Flyer set, and there seems to be very little inside of them that would actually short out. I suspect that you have an open circuit.