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Help sought.  I bought three Golden Gate Depot heavyweight cars on the bay and they are causing transformer overload on my two track oval.  Does not matter which track they are on - they trip my MRC Pure Power Dual and Single transformers lined to the tracks.  The Dual is lined to the outside loop and the single is lined to the inside loop.  Each car causes the transformers to trigger the circuit breaker.  Any ideas as to a fix?  Thank you in advance for your consideration.

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Sounds like you're shorting to ground. The wires for the lighting go through the frame and run along under the interior floor, check for breaks in the insulation. Also check to make sure that the pickup roller and its wire are insulated from the truck sideframes. It takes a lot of screws to remove the roof, I would remove the roof though and unplug the light boards. If it still shorts, check the wiring from the trucks. If it stops, then something is fried on the light board. 

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