Recently, my legacy camelback specifically, Central Railroad of New Jersey #774 SKU: 2131400 drawbar started speaking in both directions. I am not good with electronics and do not know what is causing this issue. I am using Atlas O track and a Lionel CW80 to power the track. The engine without the tender runs fine.
if anyone has an easy fix please let me know.
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If you place the tender on the tracks, apply power, and don't hear the sounds activate. You have a grounding issue with the tender trucks, hence the sparking from the drawbar. The sparking from the drawbar is the tender trucks having no ground connection, thus getting ground through the drawbar (which isn't super reliable).
If it's under warranty, purchased new from a Lionel retailer, then I suggest getting an RA number from Lionel and have them fix it
@MichaelB posted:If it's under warranty, purchased new from a Lionel retailer, then I suggest getting an RA number from Lionel and have them fix it
This came out in 2021, I suspect the warranty is long since over.
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