For Christmas I received one of the new Lionel Burlington Northern PS-5 gondolas. Put it on my layout and once it crossed my Ross 0-72 turnout, sparks started flying and it shorted my layout. I thought I may have left some metal laying on the rails, so I checked everything, powered the layout back up and same thing on the next trip.
I checked the trucks and didn't see any flashing, or anything that would cause a short. As a test, I swapped them with the older style trucks from one of my other PS-5 gondolas, and no issue with shorting out the layout. I called Lionel but they were off for the holiday, so I sent email to their service department. Still waiting to hear back from them.
It doesn't look like I can easily swap them out for MTH trucks. Are Atlas trucks and easy swap?
Unless they redesign the trucks, I won't be purchasing anymore of their rolling stock.
