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Thanks Santafewillie! I put a meter on the VW transformer and the original CW-80 and got 8.5/11.3 VAC at 3/4 throttle- 8.5 Volts then 11.3 with whistle switch activated. Then I got the same results with the VW transformer. But the whistle works with the CE-80 but not with the VW. Why would that be?

Hello, I have a Lionel Type VW transformer that I’m using with the Polar Express Train set. When I activate the whistle switch the whistle doesn’t sound. It seems like there’s a voltage spike when I activate it because the train speed increases. Could it be that the diode is bad in the...