hot wheels set problem | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum

paigetrainOGR Forum Member

i had pulled out and set up my lionel hot wheels train only to have it not work

basically when i plugged in the power it would chirp like usual but as soon as turning on the remote the train would die completely or repeatedly fail to start and the lights would blink on and off

however all my lighted cars which were 2 cabooses would stay lit

at first i thought the extra caboose was the problem however when i removed it i still had the same engine problems

my wiring and powerpack doesn't appear to be damaged so i don't know what is going on and my track was together right

all i know is i am really irked right now as that train was supposed to last me til 2021 and i have not had it for 5 months and ran it 4 times and now it doesn't wanna work and worse is i paid four hundred dollars for it and waited almost a decade to get back into o gauge and this has to happen

i probably will call lionel on monday and see what they can do

its a pitty cuz i was gonna hopefully enjoy running it over thanksgiving break and christmas but it doesn't seem likely

i guess i should have went for an MPC lionel or williams with a good ol transformer

i was never a huge fan of the lionchief or dcs wifi anyway in fact when the layout ever gets built all i'll probably use is a zwl or one of the Mrc pure power things or whatever you call those o gauge transformers MRC sells to run everything

11/23/1910:25 PM

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BMT-ExpressOGR Forum Member

Check the batteries in your remote and get back to us.

11/24/197:18 AM

paigetrainOGR Forum Member

BMT-Express posted:

Check the batteries in your remote and get back to us.

I had fresh batteries and everything

11/24/199:31 AM

BMT-ExpressOGR Forum Member

The problem sounds like the remote, not the engine if it chirps.

Get the phone app and try that. If it works and responds the problem is with the remote.

11/25/197:47 AM

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