My friend has a 3 truck shay, that says on the bos that it is 'DCC sound ready' and was 'DC Passed' , but he has no DCC stuff. We put it on the track, with regular DC power, it lights up and the sound comes on, but it won't move. No noise from the motors. Can this work on just DC power, or does he need to get DCC to make this work?
Found this reference on here about loose wires, could that be the problem?
http://www.bachmanntrains.com/home-usa/board/index.php/topic,20116.0.html
He has no directions, so how do you get to the circuit board they are talking about? Anyplace to get a PDF of it?
thanks Jerry
What sort of DC power?
They do not like running on PWM so make sure it is regular Linear DC.
Jerry, did you check the direction switch located behind the smokebox door? It might be turned off.
Jerry K., Portsmouth, VA
Yeah, we tried all the switches. Switched over to regular DC power, lights come on and the sound, but no movement.
Hello Jerry did you get the shay to work it might be the same problem as mine remove the coal bunker and have a look at the boards move the wires you should be able to see if any are loose regards Greg.
It's at a hobby shop now, getting repaired. thanks!