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SP AC-4 assembly (cont).

Tender shorting out:

While testing the engine on the railroad, the engine was hesitating every once in awhile.  Key used blackened tender screws and draw bar and pin so I thought, for sure, these were the culprits.  After about an hour of 'fixes', I finally turned up the throttle to full and the circuit breaker 'went'.  These motors are so efficient that the low voltage/amps don't trip my CB's.  Using a voltmeter, I found one brake shoe touching the insulated side wheel on the tender.  A jeweler's flat edge screw driver prying it away from the tire fixed it.

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