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773 new york central lionel whistle tender won't work

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773 new york central lionel whistle tender won't work
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 15, 2007 8:21 PM

hello my layouts are powered by lw 125 transformers - i bought a new whistle tender for ac current and it would not work with my built in whistle button - so i bought a sound activation button - still nothing - sat it my dc current southern express  0 track by mistake and the whistle sounds when the dc current train is in reverse - please help i bought it for my old ac current layout :( thank you for your time :)  

 

p.s. it was brand new in the box when i got it saturday :)

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Posted by phillyreading on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:06 AM

Sign - Welcome [#welcome] the-kid,

Sounds like your transformer needs repair, try revresing the wires on the sound activation switch, also the sound activation switch must be on a terminal marked A or B, not on the U or Common.  Try that and it should work.

Lee F.

Interested in southest Pennsylvania railroads; Reading & Northern, Reading Company, Reading Lines, Philadelphia & Reading.

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