John.... thats what I was thinking, however the powered axle and the dead axle are different axle size, so you would have to bore out the wheel hole. I should be able to do that.
Update 
I got mine fixed !! I found a copper wheel or axle wiper, then cut and bent it to shape. it fits on the truck side frame mounting screw and rubs on the wheel. I can now go 3 mph and even stop on my large Ross turnouts. I thought it was the turnouts at first, so I put jumper wires on the moving rails to the dead rails, that helped but not for the 44 tonner. The wiper seemed to fix it, I'm doing more tests now.
Clem
The jumper wires go from rail to rail only
