skipgear
Thank you for the answer.  I did my one of my new 2-10-2's about an hour ago and what a difference.  Much smoother and without hiccups.  Thanks again and now to the rest of the engines

My layout is quite old and would be nightmare to convert to DCC.  I also have many old steamers that I have converted to Sangami motors before DCC was even thought about.  I haven't found anyone who has figured out that conversion. Some of my steamers are modified Flieschman, Roco and Arnold engines with tender drive. I have 8 of the new Bachmann steamers with DCC on-board and my layout is powered by MRC Tech 4 power packs on block wiring.  The pulse power and the Bachmann decoders are not seeming to get along very well.  Is it possible to remove the DCC decoder and wire the motor directly?  I would appreciate any help on removing the decoders.

Cats don't like the "boogey man".  One way to get them thinking the "boogey man" lives on your layout is to place set mouse traps under sheets of newpaper on the layout.  The cat steps on the paper, trap goes off and cat gets their fur scared off and no damage is done to the cat.  I have been doing this for over forty years everytime a new cat moves in.  Works with kittens or adults and has yet to fail me.  Our vet gave me the idea as he had the same problem.