Hi
Yesterday i received from Wholesale Trains a Spectrum USRA 2-10-2 undecorated with Dcc and sound.

Out of the box plugged tender in and plenty of sound but locomotive does not move in any direction. when the controller is advanced the chuffing sounds start but no motion. All functions are working whistle, bell ect. I unplugged it a few times and plugged it back in whilst trying to figure out what was wrong but nothing, plenty of sound but no movement. Today the symptom has changed. now when I switch the controller on i get a warning flashing OFF like when a short occurs. after looking round for a short i pressed the reset button and the rear light started flashing but no sound. whilst lifting the tender the sound suddenly started so i put it back on the rails,all sound functions were fine but still no movement. every time I switch power to the controller off it shows the same fault until the tender is tipped side to side then sound only.

Any ideas what is going on?

I don't want to have to delve inside to much as i don't want to void the warranty

As this is an international on line purchase if I have to return it to Wholesale trains in the USA from the UK will I be expected to pay postage both ways?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Chris.

hi

I origionally posted this in the general area but got no answers at all, i am hoping someone on here can help.

I have just received a 70 ton climax with sound (very nice by the way) and am running it with my Lenz compact DCC controller. The locomotive runs fine with this controller but i am having trouble changing the address on the programing track. i just get a message cannot read CV. the locomotive makes a clicking noise as well. the Lenz compact i am using is about 10 years old and i do remember some time ago reading that this unit could not change CV's on all decoders. Is this problem due to something i am doing wrong or is the Lenz compact just not up to the job?

Thanks for reading

Chris.

Hi

I have just received a 70 ton climax with sound (very nice by the way) and am running it with my Lenz compact DCC controller. The locomotive runs fine with this controller but i am having trouble changing the address on the programing track. i just get a message cannot read CV. the locomotive makes a clicking noise as well. the Lenz compact i am using is about 10 years old and i do remember some time ago reading that this unit could not change CV's on all decoders. Is this problem due to something i am doing wrong or is the Lenz compact just not up to the job?

Thanks for reading

Chris.

Hi

I have been modeling British railways for some time and now have started to look into creating a US based model railroad. I am having a problem sorting which era RTR models belong in, lots of cars look very similar but come from different era's. Is there an easy rule of thumb or a list of model manufacturers products against era available or is it just a case of research.

Chris.

Hi.
Does anyone know when the 70 ton 3 truck Climax with sound is going to be available. I originally was told September then the newsletter said October. November possibly?

Chris.