A.F. ES44AC Diesel | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum

efhOGR Forum Member

Hi All, I have bought two of these Locos. I am using Lionel Legacy Control. They run great. One of them I have been running since April 24, 2014. I have just noticed when blowing the horn and pulling down all the way and holding the slider that way for a long blow, after a while the horn will blow intermittent. ( The horn will blow and stop, blow and stop.) then the speed on the ES44AC will pick up real fast. I have checked everything. I cleaned the wheels on the diesel. The track is clean. I reprogramed the unit. The other ES44AC does not act like this one, it will blast a long horn blow and no problems. I think it has to be in the board. I am going to send this one back to Lionel for repair!

Has anyone had this problem?

The other A.F. ES44AC runs great so far. I have less then ten hours running time on it.

11/11/142:31 PM

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gunrunnerjohnOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

That's somewhat unusual, it sounds like a poor internal connection or electrical noise. I think sending it back to Lionel sounds like a good idea if it's under warranty.

11/11/143:04 PM

efhOGR Forum Member

I even tried other channels to see if that would help.

It is under warranty.

Thanks for the info.

11/11/143:17 PM

Marty FitzhenryOGR Forum Member MEMORIALIZED MEMBER

Unplug the antenna wire from the board and plug it back in. Reprogram the locomotive.

11/12/1412:57 PM

efhOGR Forum Member

Is it easy to get to the board to unplug it?

Thanks, efh

11/12/145:13 PM

Marty FitzhenryOGR Forum Member MEMORIALIZED MEMBER

Easy to do.

11/12/146:20 PM

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