What is the deal with my K-line?

[Anonymous]

Ihave a K-Line engine, and also a problem.....
the engine is equiped with a horn(witch dosen't function)
and it is stuck in reverse. it has been sent back to the dealer i got it from but still doesn't work.[banghead][censored][|(][soapbox]

[Anonymous]

Does anyone have any idea what is wrong with it!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?????!!!!!?????!!!

[pbjwilson]

What kind of engine is it? Steam, diesel model #?

[otftch]

Try putting a passenger car (lighted)or a lighted caboose on the track with your engine.Some of the electronic E-units get "confused" and the resistance in the light bulbs seem to help them.This is not technical but it works. I'm not sure about the horn,but I have one that came with a horn,according to the box,but it does not have a horn board inside.
Ed

[Roger Bielen]

Some K-Line engines had/have a separate sound activator switch/button box to install between the transformer. The O-27 Golden State had one, but I converted it to TMCC as soon as I received it so I don't know the details. As Ed advised an additional load is needed with some of the new transformers, the problem isn't so much the engine as the transformer.

[Anonymous]

it is a diesel my trans former is a lionel that i use very often, i have tried the coaches( that is why i bought it, to pull coaches) but it doesnt work