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I just built a new layout, in case it matters, its gargraves 0-32 with a grade and lionel 022 switches and rcs tracks, dcs rev. L with 4.20, all powered by a z-4000 for track power and a pw zw for accessories and rcs/switch power, and a legacy set v1.3. I got my dcs engines running perfectly and pulled out my two legacy engines.  The first was the 6-11208 big boy, it ran perfectly on my layout for an hour then as it went passed me I noticed it wasn't chuffing anymore.  Upon further inspection I believe the engine and tender are not communicating, the engine starts up and responds to all legacy commands but the tender starts up in conventional (whistle and bell responds to z-4000 buttons) and has no chuffing.  So I pulled out my other legacy engine the 6-11207 pennsy t-1, hooked the big boy tender to it and the tender functioned properly and it responded to legacy properly.  The t-1 tender did not work on the bigboy so I figure it was the bigboy engine that is messed up, so I pulled the engine and tender off the track to work on them and hooked the t-1 to its tender and sent it on it's way, everything worked great on the t-1 for 2-3 laps around my track. Its now doing pretty much the same thing as the bigboy except there are a few points around the layout where it makes one or two chuffs and then its back to no response to legacy. I thought the draw bar may have been bent and the ir's may not be lining up, i bent and played with the draw bars over a dozen times and it doesn't change anything.  I even pulled the ir's from the holders and stuck them lined up in a piece of heat shrink tubing (didn't shrink it on) and still have the same issue. I took the dcs system out and still have the same problem, took out legacy and still have no chuffing on either engines and now the t-1 isn't responding to the whistle/bell buttons on the z-4000.

 

Sorry to be so long winded but I am trying to cover anything that would be asked.

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Figured it out and fixed it guys, took both engines apart and found the one of the leads for the IR transmitter on the bb completely seperated from the inline board and and one off the leads came apart on the t1 when i touched it, same location as the bb.  i resoldered the leads and I am back running, ran for over an hour straight and everything is a-ok

Thanks for your time guys

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