SpaceMouse
Fun Lover
I have an Atlas GP-38 and it was my favorite engine. Now it runs so crappy I pulled it off the layout.
It came with a Lenz chip and ran smooooooth. I decided I wanted sound so I got a drop in replacement from Tony's, a SoundTrax LC. The engine sounds good, although weak--it's high volume is drowned out by Broadways on the other side of the club layout. The real problem for me is that is stalls on turnouts and jerks and sound cuts out for no apparent reason. A million people told me that the LC series is crap, so I added an N scale NCD to run the locomotion functions. Nothing improved.
Last night, I checked continuity from front to back wheels, and that is good. It thought I might have a pick-up problem.
I've cleaned the wheels a million times, and cleaned parts of the track for testing with no noticeable results.
Any ideas?
It came with a Lenz chip and ran smooooooth. I decided I wanted sound so I got a drop in replacement from Tony's, a SoundTrax LC. The engine sounds good, although weak--it's high volume is drowned out by Broadways on the other side of the club layout. The real problem for me is that is stalls on turnouts and jerks and sound cuts out for no apparent reason. A million people told me that the LC series is crap, so I added an N scale NCD to run the locomotion functions. Nothing improved.
Last night, I checked continuity from front to back wheels, and that is good. It thought I might have a pick-up problem.
I've cleaned the wheels a million times, and cleaned parts of the track for testing with no noticeable results.
Any ideas?