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I recently purchased a 3rd Rail Dreyfuss Hudson which seems to have come with an electrical gremlin. On slow start up the engine has a noticeable and high-frequency stutter and with each hesitation the lights flicker. The sounds also cut out on every curve and I have to give a sound command to get them going again. I actually had this fixed for a while by changing the incorrect length trailing truck screw that 3rd Rail installed on these from the factory. I have absolutely no idea why that would be related but after correcting that issue I enjoyed many flawless operations. However tonight for reasons unknown the problems have actually returned worse than before. I am now officially stumped. I am also unable to attempt a factory reset since the reset code for EOB is not listed anywhere in the manual. Any troubleshooting tips for me guys?

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Thanks John. That solved the program code question, since I wasn't sure if EOB got its own special code. Glad to know it's just the standard steam w/ smoke #4. Didn't change anything unfortunately.

 

I spoke with the original owner and he reminded me it could be a tether connection issue. This makes sense with the sounds cutting out only on curves. I've been so spoiled by wireless tethers I forgot that could even be an issue with the cable tethers on 3rd Rail models. Will continue troubleshooting.

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