Let me give that a shot! Also to the guy on top that mentioned cleaning out lint I'll give that a shot as well! Thanks!! Didn't know that!

Hello reader! I recently purchased Bachmann's brand new USRA 0-6-0 model a few months ago but recently I've had issues with the model shorting out. I noticed that if I leave the rear tender truck off, I can hear sound and there is no short. If I stick the front tender trucks onto the track the train shorts out causing my DCS 52 Digitrax controller to give me a local booster fault. I've looked under the wheels to check for debris or anything that could cause a fault but can't see any reason as to why it's doing this! I've never dropped the model or damaged it in any way, shape or form. I'm sort of new to the whole DCC thing so bare with me if I seem lost. Well anyways, any help is appreciated. Thank you!! (PS, Yes I have the DCC plug plugged in completely and all my wires and connections are strongly attached.)

Oh okay! Thanks for the notice! 

Thanks! I've been into model railroading actually since 4yrs old! My first train set was a lifelike ho scale train set, which was given to me on my first Christmas. Here's a photo of the loco, which if it weren't for the flash capturing the dust it looks really good overall in person! (I also should mention again that I just got into using HO more and more, if it wasn't for the model club I think I'd probably be still back with the O-27 more often then HO.)

Thanks for the help!! I don't mind if at worst I have to send it in and they send me a different 2-8-0 for whatever the value is. Also I'll look at that diagram, odd as it is, I forgot to mention that it didn't come with the instruction manual. If I can't fix it I'll probably send it in and see if I can get another one with the value. I actually asked around through friends if they knew if they did that and they weren't sure. Good to know now! 

If anyone can help me out here I'd like to figure out how I could fix this very odd issue that I noticed with a Bachman 2-8-0 I purchased at the big e train show a few months back. (Also I just wanna give a heads up to anyone reading, I'm kind of new to HO stuff. So I apologize if I don't use the correct terminology for parts. I'm used to O gauge) anyways the  locomotive itself looks brand new and I wouldn't have suspected a thing with this locomotive. I took it home, went to a model club to see if I could find out if it was DCC or DCC ready. A club member and I found out it was DCC ready but needed a chip. So we stuck it on the track and switched the power to "DC" I gave it some power and all it did was make a weird noise. It was as if the motor was spinning but it wasn't catching on the wheels. So I gave it to the club member I was with and he took it apart and after finally removing the top part of the locomotive, he told me everything looked normal from there. But I couldn't been something internally. The wheels spun normally when rolled without the locomotive together. He even said that the bands or whatever the motor usually spins on looked fine. Should I send it in to Bachmann? I'm not sure what to do, the club member that helped me is the guy we go to for help with fixing locomotives or adding DCC. He told me that steam locomotives aren't his best fit when it comes to working on locos. So even he was stuck on why it wouldn't run. Thanks again in advance for any feedback or help given!