I have a BLI 282 PRR steam locomotive with Paragon 3 sound. I use a NCE Powercab controller. I have only owned the loco for a few months and all has been well.
Recently, I noticed that sometimes the loco would bog down slightly, as evidenced by the chuff sound change. I thought it was maybe because it was hauling 20 cars but it would get back to programmed speed quickly.
This started to happen more frequently and finally resulted in the loco almost coming to a stop and then ripping wide open and wouldn't respond quickly to reduction in speed. I contacted BLI and they suggested perhaps some programming flaws were made and to reset the loco by pulling the tender body and accessing the little reset button. Also, to try resetting the controller. I did clean the NS track which wasn't too bad since all my rolling stock has been upgraded to metal wheels.
Any ideas on this runaway train issue? I have read stories of locos returned for repair may not be returned for months.
Recently, I noticed that sometimes the loco would bog down slightly, as evidenced by the chuff sound change. I thought it was maybe because it was hauling 20 cars but it would get back to programmed speed quickly.
This started to happen more frequently and finally resulted in the loco almost coming to a stop and then ripping wide open and wouldn't respond quickly to reduction in speed. I contacted BLI and they suggested perhaps some programming flaws were made and to reset the loco by pulling the tender body and accessing the little reset button. Also, to try resetting the controller. I did clean the NS track which wasn't too bad since all my rolling stock has been upgraded to metal wheels.
Any ideas on this runaway train issue? I have read stories of locos returned for repair may not be returned for months.