Kline Berkshire sound problems

Ed,

I know that this may seem a little caustic, but all my K line engines eventually the electronics tend to take a dive.

I my latest issue was with a K4 with cruise control. The tell tale was it started doing strange behaviors when I purchased it. the speed steeps were lethargic, and then the r2 sometimes was unresponsive.

Then one day I put it on the track, turned the power on, and Poof! The control board just went up in smoke.

If the reset does not work I would send it to Box Car Bill or Gunrunner John for repair. You may want to upgrade it to ERR boards for a more reliable running.

Thanks for the information, I may take a video and post it up tonight to see if anyone has heard similar behavior.

Do you know a way to reset the Kline berkshire?

One thing I do to stuff that has been in the box for years is re-seat all the boards, connectors, and the RailSounds chips.  Many times that will cure a variety of ills.

Ed, If you go to the TMCC forum look for the sticky that lists the TMCC documents. In that thread you will find the pdfs for K-Line Cruise which is what this engine has. The reset codes are different from the engines that don't have cruise.

https://ogrforum.com/t...rials-andamp-manuals

Pete

Thank you all for the help.  Spending some more time with the engine it turns out that the major problem of one of the component boards being unset upon opening the tender made me think that was the only problem.  In fact the presence of a 9volt battery hookup escaped me during the initial inspection (see photos below).  Compounding the problem was the first battery I put in was apparently mostly dead so it was not until a second fresh battery was installed that the engine functioned as designed.  Rookie mistake I admit, so I do appreciate the help.

While the battery harness is evident below, it was tucked under the board and not visible during overly eager first inspection.

Just remember, we were all rookies at one point.

We even have rookie issues later, even I do occasionally