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First Legacy loco and have many questions

M modeltrainman22OGR Forum Member

ok so I bought a SP Dash 9 yesterday from a local hobby shop with legacy and all that on it and the store didn't have a legacy system at the time to test it in that mode but did have TMCC and the engine was running great. I get it home and set up on transformer mode but get no movement or horn but do get the engine sounds  lights and smoke. it sounds like it wants to engage with the reveing sounds but won't move. Then switch it to legacy get it dialed up have lights and smoke but no sound. I can power the loco up but, other than that it does nothing very confused as to what i'm doing wrong and came to see if anyone here had any ideas.A few things i'm not sure have to do with anything or not but, i've had this legacy system since Lionel came out with the system and i'm sitting on version 1.3 atm. And I'm wondering if that having this loco on an older version of legacy is adding to the problems, my set up right now is just a loop of track while i work on planning a new layout so its nothing complex track wise so i'm really confused.

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B Blue_linerOGR Forum Member

First, check to see if all of the switches are all in the appropriate position under the shell.  Then, you might want to reset the locomotive by hitting the reset (R) button on the Legacy remote. If neither works, then a wire might have come loose inside the unit.  Also, it doesn't hurt to update both the base and the remote to Legacy 1.52 over on the Lionel site.  Download the Legacy System Utility and make sure you have a black rewritable module.  Only one is needed.  But, just remember to update the base before you update the remote.

B bigdodgetrainOGR Forum Member
Originally Posted by modeltrainman22:

 I get it home and set up on transformer mode but get no movement or horn but do get the engine sounds  lights and smoke. it sounds like it wants to engage with the reveing sounds but won't move. Then switch it to legacy get it dialed up have lights and smoke but no sound.

I do not understand the above two statements.

are you running in conventional mode or do you have a Legacy system?

 

please provide the 6- number

M modeltrainman22OGR Forum Member
Originally Posted by bigdodgetrain:
Originally Posted by modeltrainman22:

 I get it home and set up on transformer mode but get no movement or horn but do get the engine sounds  lights and smoke. it sounds like it wants to engage with the reveing sounds but won't move. Then switch it to legacy get it dialed up have lights and smoke but no sound.

I do not understand the above two statements.

are you running in conventional mode or do you have a Legacy system?

 

please provide the 6- number  

 

 

 

i'm running it in legacy but wanted to check the loco without it first. loco is 6-39578 

 

M modeltrainman22OGR Forum Member
Originally Posted by Blue_liner:

First, check to see if all of the switches are all in the appropriate position under the shell.  Then, you might want to reset the locomotive by hitting the reset (R) button on the Legacy remote. If neither works, then a wire might have come loose inside the unit.  Also, it doesn't hurt to update both the base and the remote to Legacy 1.52 over on the Lionel site.  Download the Legacy System Utility and make sure you have a black rewritable module.  Only one is needed.  But, just remember to update the base before you update the remote.

Reset worked! now off to enjoy this loco thanks for the help guys!

B bigdodgetrainOGR Forum Member
Originally Posted by modeltrainman22:
Originally Posted by bigdodgetrain:
Originally Posted by modeltrainman22:

 I get it home and set up on transformer mode but get no movement or horn but do get the engine sounds  lights and smoke. it sounds like it wants to engage with the reveing sounds but won't move. Then switch it to legacy get it dialed up have lights and smoke but no sound.

I do not understand the above two statements.

are you running in conventional mode or do you have a Legacy system?

 

please provide the 6- number  

 

 

 

i'm running it in legacy but wanted to check the loco without it first. loco is 6-39578 

 

if your Legacy system is hooked up to your layout you can not run in conventional mode.  the reason is the engines default mode is to look for the Legacy signal.

 

glad you were successful.

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