They could always use a steam engine as a pony engine to start one up, since a gas-fired pony engine won't work.
Or a hand pump to repump the air - sure it takes forever, but it can be done. Or use some horses to get it to the top of a hill and bump start it. Big rigs, pickups - but also stationary engines that could be used to run various equipment with mechanical links - thinking belt-driven machine tools and stuff like the wya iut was before each machine had its own electric motor.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Randy,
.'' So how come no diesel engines with mechanical injection are working?''
They probably forgot to flip the mechanical pump switch to manual, before trying to start. You got one shot, with an air starter, to fire up before the air runs out.
Frank
You've also exposed the plot hole in the show Revolution. Nothing electrical works. So how come no diesel engines with mechanical injection are working? They require no electricity to run. On the plus side, they do have some steam trains they use.
NPO1,
It's a 1964 Ford Fairlane ''Thunderbolt'' Factory installed 427 dual quad carbs, the holes are for air-intake to the rather large air cleaner. Rated 600+ horsepower. Was street legal but not recommended. Was almost impossible to insure, without big $$$$.
Take Care!
NP01Are the front holes by the lights for ether or NOx?
They are the exhaust ports for the reverse thrusters.
Are the front holes by the lights for ether or NOx? Nice looking car, I like cars of that era.
Naw!...He won't need either one, the explosion will occur in the diesel cylinder of the prime mover and that is what you want. No electric needed, except for the starter and then if it has an air starter, you don't even need any electric at all. Now if it was a gasoline engine and you used too much ether, it'll blow the head off. Oh and keep a few fire extinguisher's around, if your running Nitro Methane, now that will be an explosion.
I was running one of these in late 64, at many drag strips, back in the days when I was young. The speed days, I call um'
NP01!
Better have your fire extinguisher or garden hose ready!!
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
zstripe Good for You!...I'm glad you didn't have to spray ether in the air intake, of the Diesel Prime mover.
Glad to see it worked and that you are back in business. I also run with a Zephyr and have found that while it is pretty stable a "good flush" of the system periodically keeps things running smoothly.
Joe
Good for You!...I'm glad you didn't have to spray ether in the air intake, of the Diesel Prime mover.
That was it, Joe! An internal memory flush on the Zephyr Xtra brought the loco back to life. While I was at it, I messed around with sound programming a bit as well.
As far as I remember, it did not shut down the DCC system. I did hard power cycle the DCC system (twice) but have not reset the command station. I am on Digitrax.
I will reset command station, maybe flush the loco memory of the command station first. Then go to decoder reset.
NP
I'm with Elmer on this. This is not a decoder issue but a command station issue. Try resetting your command station. You may need to clear the JMRI throttle also.
On my NCE system, if an operator shuts down the layout using emergency stop, the Enter key must be pressed from the throttle that was used to do it.
If your stop operation has shut track power off, try cycling it. (track power)
You could also ask your question on the Yahoo Group JMRI user groups.
Elmer.
The above is my opinion, from an active and experienced Model Railroader in N scale and HO since 1961.
(Modeling Freelance, Eastern US, HO scale, in 1962, with NCE DCC for locomotive control and a stand alone LocoNet for block detection and signals.) http://waynes-trains.com/ at home, and N scale at the Club.
If a reset does not work as per MR.B's suggestion, take a look at page 10 & 11 on this site. It's a possibility:
https://www.walthers.com/page/Tsunami_Users_Guide_Diesel.pdf
Can you read EVs? Is there sound or lights?
I'd probably go for a full decoder reset at this point.
It takes an iron man to play with a toy iron horse.
Thanks MrB. Tried with no luck. Other ideas?
Try a couple of taps of F6. It sound like you put the engine into full shutdown.
Ok, this is a stupid question. Tsunami-equipped Genesis GP7. I was running it with a JMRI throttle (from the computer) and hit "STOP!" ... This is the button above IDLE under the verical slider for speed. I did not mean to do this, but it was a slip of the mouse.
Now the engine won't respond to throttle when selected from any throttle (including the command station)? How do I initiate the startup sequence?