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All it means is that the motor's electrical connections must be isolated so that there can be no contact with the chassis (if it's live) or the connections to the pickups or rails. Any electrical connection will destroy the decoder. Ringfield motors often have the left hand brush connected to the ch...

Dirty track could be the cause.

I'd try spray adhesive. Spray carpet glue should be easily available

Best wishes for the future. Hope you have a happy Christmas.

Very smart

Late answers may be too late to be of help to OPs but can be helpful to others who look in later, so not always a waste.

It may not help but take the back off and make sure the big integrated circuit chip is fully home in the socket. It is not unknown for them to work their way loose.

Signal operation?

I got clobbered last year, same car, same insurer, suspected it might be due to being over 70 now.
Change of insurers coming this year I think.

Changed my house and contents a couple of years ago and got it for about a third of what I had been paying

In 00 scale you only need about 1amp (and usually less) per running loco so your power supply seems to be rather over specified.

Snap!