Issues resolved! Burlington Northern Bicentennial LEGACY U30C Diesel #1776 SKU: 6-38417 Strobe Light Not Working - Ideas? Do railroads usea them often?

Did you ask Lionel?

Are you SURE the wiring is intact and the bulb is actually functional.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Did you ask Lionel?

Are you SURE the wiring is intact and the bulb is actually functional.

Where would I look? The parts section just shows a board with LED lamps so is the strobe different? I cannot tell.

Are you using a Legacy controller, or TMCC Cab one?

Chuck Sartor posted:

Are you using a Legacy controller, or TMCC Cab one?

Legacy. I also deleted the engine from the Legacy controller and re-loaded it using the orange module.

There should be a beacon icon on the keypad. That did not work?

Chuck Sartor posted:

There should be a beacon icon on the keypad. That did not work?

No it did not. I tried it on both the normal keys and on the lighting menu keys also.

well it sounds like the replacement RCMC board my have not been programmed with the beacon feature. But if you deleated and re entered the engine and the beacon icon comes up, maybe the controller see the beacon, but the LED is now bad, or a wire has come loose from the LED.

Chuck Sartor posted:

well it sounds like the replacement RCMC board my have not been programmed with the beacon feature. But if you deleated and re entered the engine and the beacon icon comes up, maybe the controller see the beacon, but the LED is now bad, or a wire has come loose from the LED.

So is Lionel the only one that can program the RCMC boards? I am trying to evaluate my options.

Yes, Lionel is the only one that has the code to program RCMC boards.

Did you put this loco in a Legacy consist? if you put locos with beacons in a consist, only the lead locos beacon will flash so if you had this in a consist as one of the rear locos that could over ride the beacon

Matt Makens posted:

Did you put this loco in a Legacy consist? if you put locos with beacons in a consist, only the lead locos beacon will flash so if you had this in a consist as one of the rear locos that could over ride the beacon

I have not but would not a reset have cleared that? If not how would I clear it? Create another consist and then delete it?

Clear the consist in the remote.

I have no current consists in my remote so not sure at this point.

It needs to be a specific board. 691-RCMC-034 for the engine.

Chuck Sartor posted:

It needs to be a specific board. 691-RCMC-034 for the engine.

Where would I find the board number. Everything inside looked fine.

The board won't have a number on it. Did you have the engine repaired at a service center, or Lionel?

A service center person did it and I cannot find the paperwork so I will contact Lionel and go from there.

Regarding your question: Do railroads use them often?

All the videos I've seen of BN engines, in the earlier days, the strobes were on if it was the leading engine 

I got in touch with Lionel and Dean is just an amazing guy. I sent in the RCMC board for Lionel to check since everything else seemed okay. Dean called me and said the board was fine and programmed correctly so he reviewed a couple of issues and then advised I check then LED for the strobe light. So a few nights later I got to check it and the strobe LED was fully seated but did not test the same as a known good unit so I replaced the diode. I thought LEDs never went bad but I happy to say I was wrong. I received the RCMC board back today and once in everything was perfect.

Thank you to everyone and especially Dean for his outstanding assistance and confidence in me being able to repair this.