Hello: Using DCS50, JMRI with SPROG2.   I had purchased the subject loco about 10 or more yrs ago. It was placed on a club layout, 03 changed to 4538/loco number. Ran a little. Lights, bell, whistle all worked. Put back in box. Sat for 10+ years. Took out of box, set on pt. JMRI shows short circuit. PT is a siding that I can switch back and forth with OPS & DIR/PAGE. Loco sits on that track. Switch to main and loco lights, bell, whistle and runs. On 4538. On 03, it just lights, but nothing else. i.e. Power gets to the loco on main.

Ebay can be a place full of marvelous treasures sometimes, such as this beautifully super detailed 4-4-2 that I managed to find purely by chance while trolling through listings for a good deal. She came with a pair of kit-built super detailed coaches (which helped offset the fact I paid about $100 for the whole lot) and after some mcgyvering to repair a broken wire connection between the tender and engine with what amounts to a duct tape band-aid on the insulated connector, I managed to get her going.

After putting off forgetting to add new entries to the hit "Please Show Us Your Steam Locomotives" series, it is finally time to wrap it up with five new posts.  I will add the usual links to these posts and update the "Please Show Us Series home page" later.

After putting off forgetting to add new entries to the hit "Please Show Us Your Steam Locomotives" series, it is finally time to wrap it up with five new posts.  I will add the usual links to these posts and update the "Please Show Us Series home page" later.