Just got my new K4 Pacific and was immediately surprised when the loco shorted on one of the curves on my layout. This only lasted for a couple of seconds but long enough to restart the system. I found the front pilot wheel was arcing to the bottom of the cylinder which shorted the system momentarily. Close inspection showed pitting marks on the bottom of both cylinders (both sides of the loco). I finally put some Kapton tape on the cylinders and the problem stopped. What would cause this? I checked all the wheels for gage and they are OK. The pilot wheels pivot freely and don't cause any other problems. This is a real mystery to me as the engine was the only one of my 10 Bachmann Spectrum locos to do this. Also, this is happening on a 38-40 inch radius curve, which should not be a problem for a 4-6-2 loco. Any suggestions or comments.
  -Bob

I sure hope not! But, she was a beautiful car, 1957/58 Plymouth Fury, Red.

My GP38-2 with DCC on board starts by itself and runs at full speed. I disabled the analog operation in the CV29 but it still does it. Could this be caused by the capacitors? What else can I do other than replace the decoder with NCE or Digitrax?
Bob

My GP38-2 with DCC on board starts by itself and runs at full speed. I disabled the analog operation in the CV29 but it still does it. Could this be caused by the capacitors?
Bob