Hi all, After about 10 years I finally have the room to start model railroading again. I just dipped my toes in before so I got what little equipment I had before out to see what shape it was in. I set up a oval of lionel fastrack with a mth z1000 and put my Williams FA2 on, worked great, My old lionel 2065 sort of ran, no power at all but this loco was completely wore out when I got it years ago so I figured it would be dead no surprise there. My big problem is my mth NYC mohawk proto sound 2. I bought the engine new and it probably only has 5-7 hours on it. When I put it on the track the sounds came on like normal but wouldn't move. I installed a bcr powered it up and the bell came on and stayed on no matter what button I push. I cleaned the track and wheels/pickups on the loco no change. When I hit the direction button it would move very sluggish then make a few big sparks and stop. I'm not very familiar with this electronic stuff is this loco dead already? If not what else should I look at, everything is clean inside out and all wires in both tender and engine look good and connections seem tight. I'm just at a loss. Sorry for the long post and ones that may follow but I'm very much a rookie at this trying to learn. Thanks
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