New locomotive doesn't move


BedroomDJ

New Member
Hello,

I just purchased a Southern Pacific #2891 engine. Nice little locomotive, but it doesn't move. I power up my layout and all it does is make a diesel engine sound. I have another loco and it works fine. This locomotive address is 3. What could be the problem. Please help me. Thank you.

Mikhail
 
Yeah, I used 2891 as the locomotive address and it works, but now I can't program it into JMRI because when I create a new entry it won't let me program this address into PanelPro. My DCC controller track output light is red color. It's overloaded or something. I use Digikeijs DR5000 as my controller. Any ideas?? Thank you all.

Mikhail
 
You say it works. Does that mean you can run the loco along with the sound?
Can you manually program the address with your controller?
Are you using DecoderPro in the JMRI?
 
Don’t know if this is the same or not but I had a loco once that was in neutral!
I think the f9 got it into “gear”.
Just a thought.
 
To repeat the question above, what kind of locomotive is it? What decoder is in it? Without that info, everybody is just spitballing their best guesses as to what might be wrong--and depending on what it is, there could be nothing other than operator error.
 



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