@Jon G posted:I find it hard to believe that an E-8 would lose power on a turnout or crossover.
It had me going too, but I hate to doubt anything not in my hands. Checking basics first is always prudent 
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I got a huge handful of nice pins & tube recievers decades ago from a supplier tossing old stock they weren't using anymore. I spotted them in an automotive replacement plug at a local store one day "grey weather tight oval plugs W/round pins"(GM if I recall right). They will hold 3-4 cars in an accidental uncoupling, but I can yank singles apart with throttle too. The dual wrap SAE U crimp is a little long but I mount the socket in or behind a small hole, and may or may not use the whole pin half, making a shortie like yours out of a pin or solid wire works just as well and looks better.
