Good evening, I have been running my MTH Imperial Pennsy K4s ( MTH # 30-1743-1)
This engine is a Proto Sound 3.0
I am running the engine and my layout with (1) MTH Z4000 and the MTH DCS System with a handheld remote.
The engine stopped dead on the track for no apparent reason.
My first thought was the drawbar came loose from the tender.
Removing the engine and tender from the track I checked the connection of the drawbar at the tender and visually looked at the draw bar connection on the engine end. Both connections appear to be seated properly .
Put the engine back on the track and powered everything back up. When you power up this particular engine I get the signal on the remote screen that this "engine is not on track".
Just to make sure that I don't have something else going on with my DCS system, I tried my other MTH engines that are on the layout and they all response to commands from the remote. With this I feel sure the problem is within this particular engine.
I removed the engine from the layout again and separated the tender and engine.
I removed the engine shell and looked around under the shell. I visually did not see anything that maybe an issue, pinched wires or loose connections etc.
With the engine shell removed I put the engine back on the track and removed the wire nuts from the larger black and red wires. Looking at the route of the red wires these wires are coming up from the pickup rollers on the underside of the engine.
Using a volt meter I have the same power value that is shown on the Z4000 volt readout which is 17 volts. With this I know I am getting power from the pickup rollers.
Looked under the tender shell and again visually did not see anything that may be an issue.
I put the tender back on the track and connected the drawbar from the engine to the tender. I began just wiggling wires around and all of the sudden the engine sounds on the tender came on along with the fire box light.
Tried to start the engine with the remote but the engine will not start up, but I don't get the signal on the remote that the "engine is not on track"
I shut everything down, Z4000, TIU Power and Remote and then re powered everything back up to 17 volts.
Now when I go to startup the engine again I get the signal that the "engine is not on track"
Tried moving the wires around but had no luck getting the sounds or anything else to come on
Any thoughts before I send this engine out to my repair person ?
Thanks in advance
