POST OPS PM.
Got to work on one problem before 'heading' out to a 'train fest' in Dayton, Ohio.
The B&O E A/B passenger train was, momentarily, shorting at a few locations.
Departing Hillyard video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFiFFXMl0Yc
Starting 'point'.
Departing the passenger yard.
Found one problem.
I missed replacing one passenger car's 'pizza' flanges with Intermountain wheels!
Much better.
The old wheel sets were, also, out of gauge.
Figured that would 'solve the problem' but nada.
All the turnouts are #10's and there's not a lot of room between the 'points' and 'stock' rail so shorts can occur with 'out of gauge' wheels.
Have two areas were I didn't do a very good job for the 'sub road bed' 43 years ago so there are some small 'humps' in the track where a passenger car will 'occasionally' uncouple.
I shimmed the observation car's coupler on the B&O car to fix this 'one problem'.
Passenger car track where one small 'hump' occurs. No explanation of why that happened as the sub road bed is 1/2" ply and homosote.
This is the other spot where 'spline' road bed meets 'flat ply' road bed.
So far, all's 'good'.
The train, consistently, shorted in this one tunnel going about 3 MPH.
This is the car with the new wheel sets and it is lighted so I rotated one truck so no lights 'come on' but the momentary short still occurred. I removed the car but the same results.
I took the B unit off the train and no short so;
1) checked the B's wheel sets and all's 'good'.
2) thought, maybe too much amperage and overloading the 'system' so I changed that affected 'booster' from 'HO' to 'O/G' and no more 'momentary' shorts.
To me, it makes no sense since the circuit breakers would seem to be the 'deciding factor'!
This was the other spot where the short occurred and, again, all's 'good'.
After 950' of 'track running', back to the passenger yard and everything seems OK; Go figure!
Yesterday, before the Detroit crew arrived, I found one of the incoming/ round house depart tracks had no power.
A 'quick fix' with some alligator clips for the 'ground' rail.
