Conventional DC
Start-up
Solution
Sound
Solution
When I apply power to the track my
engine doesn't do anything. No lights,
no sound, no nothing.
I have no sound from my engine, but
my lights are on and it moves just fine.
There's a crackling sound from my
engine
My engine isn't smoking at all
My engine's smoke output is low
Check to see if that section of track has power.
Use a voltmeter or a lit passenger car.
Slide the engine a couple of feet in either
direction, you may have a bad track section
Have you got that section electrically isolated
with a toggle switch or other device?
Check the volume pot on your tender. Full CW
= Max volume
Check to see if a screw or some other material
hasn't lodged itself in the underside of the
chassis or tender
Make sure smoke volume pot is turned full CW
Make sure smoke volume pot is turned full CW
If you just filled it with smoke fluid sometimes
the fluid can make a seal in the stack. Blow
down the stack to clear the air bubble
Check the Tender/Boiler drawbar connection.
You've got to have them locked together
If you've been running your engine in DCS or
DCC mode the smoke may have gotten set to
Low or Med. With the engine running in DCS or
DCC set the smoke back to High. It'll remember
what you last set it as when you run it again in
Conventional DC
Check for an obstruction in the smoke stack
Add 10-12 drops of smoke fluid
Smoke
Solution
RailKing 4-8-8-4 Big Boy Steam Engine
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