We will be changing from factory installed battery powered lights do we need to change bulbs?
Not sure if the original bulbs will live with track power.
Thanking you in advance for your help .

We run a 4-6-0 Annie and during operating we have experianced reverse polarity that causes problems wth our power source ( Bridgewerks 220RM).

We notice that while operating the back up light on the tender has a very quick bright flash of light ( last only a split second in time). This happens while the locomotive is running forward and the same thing happens with the front headlight when operatin in reverse.

It appears that somehow there is current being feed to the lights when they should be cutoff from any voltage.

If the locomotive is allowed to continue to operate eventualy it will come to a sudden stop goes immediately into
reverse then to forward and stops because it knocks out the transistor board in the power source. This power source is high amp and very suscepable to even a small amount of reverse polarity.

Note: Operate several Bachmann and other loco's and only experience the problem when using the Annie.

Could this be a polarity switch problem? Any ideas would help.

Regards, Monte Pence
mpence1@hotmail. com