Greetings All,
Will start with simply questions!
1: what are you using for power?
2: is it dc or a Lionel/oscale power pack?
when was the last time you clean you tracks
I have n scale and G scale
Trukn4fun Greetings All, I hope someone can help me out? I just received this locomotive which has had some work done on her, I ran it last night, for about ten minutes, she powers off on her own, waits about 5 minutes and powers back up and cycles that way forever I guess? I put a link to the tender bottom which shows the sensors and a push button switch and what looks like a volume control?? Can anyone tell me what they are for and maybe how they work ?? What kind of power supply would be best ?? Maybe a link to an original owners manual?? I can't seem to find much info about this locomotive... Any help would be appreciated, Thanks, Tom LGB 2119D Link
Red "link" button looks like a T/E part. You need to tell us if you have a radio control unit with it.
The rod hanging down looks a lot like the old PH Hobbies sound......which is a gut and throw, usually. Non-repairable. Can't see clear enough, COULD be an original LGB volume control, but add-on reed switches would not be normal for such, plus the chuff (single, angled reed) would have been on the rear driver of the locomotive.
Shutdown can be lack of contact as stated with dirty track or connector...rail joiners spring readily to mind.
Power supply may not be up to the task, especially if it's a set pack.
You need to connect a voltmeter across the rails in the area the failure occurs and watch it...if it drops, and the train stops, you need to do it again with the voltmeter connected to the pack output.
This will tell you if A) track power dies on the railroad, and B) if pack is shutting down.
TOC
Yeah, I saw that red button and it looks a lot like the link button on the new Aristo Revolution TE, but I'm sure it could be for any momentary kind of button. The knob that rotates looks like a standard LGB part on their mogul tenders, but the 2119D did not originally come with sound. The reed switches mounted side by side look like bell and whistle triggers. A magnet in the track will cause them to go off. The single reed switch looks like it is for the chuff sensor, and would probably not get you the 4 chuffs per revolution, per real operating steam locomotives, but it would probably be 'close'.
The intermitten shut down sounds like an electronics re-set. I'd check the power supply.
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