2 ps2 trains start on the same programmed engine in dcs remote.

If I put my G scale engines on the track and pull up an engine that matches an address already loaded with an O scale, it will think the O scale engine is on the track. If I select it, it will start up and run the G scale engine.

 What I usually do is keep addresses open for certain engines. When one adds where I don't want it to be, I keep it on powered track, and then select "edit engine". I select edit address and move that engine to another address. It takes a charged battery for it to stick.

 So do that with the Chessie engine. Then try and add the Conrail with that address now open.

 About the engine not taking a factory reset, I'm thinking right now that maybe the battery is dead? Have you tried killing the power on the Conrail engine and see if it continues to play the shut-down sequence? If it shut's down immediately the battery is very low or dead.

 I would think that the Conrail should reset to address #1 or 0 even if the battery were low? I can't remember.

do you know the model number of the Conrail? ( to tell us the year and info)

hello joe. i will try to change the channel for the diesel. i have killed the power and the conrail does go thru the shut sequence. im not savvy with this but i have dabbled quite a bit and upgraded many proto to proto 2 and ive never had this issue where i could add an engine. at least i know it works it is just an address conflict im thinking like you are suggesting. can the engine be reset to its factory settings somehow if i cannot get this squared away.

what i do find more odd is i activate the bell and it will not trun off but if i have the chessie on the track the same time i am able to turn the bell off with dcs.

Conrail number is 30-2194-1

i will try the a address change as you suggest.

it sounds like it's having a signal gathering issue but it's hard to tell exactly yet with what I've read. Sometimes a wire will get chaffed rubbing on the frame and that can cause issues. There's many things that can go wrong and it's always hard to tell when it's not in your hands.

 Seems like so far, it has the not resetting, not answering to turning the bell off, anything else you can tell us?

Make sure when you try and add it, that there's nothing else on the track.

Use your good engine to do a signal strength test and tell us what it gets.