I have a new-to-me Lionel 6-11224 Pennsylvania Lindbergh Special Atlantic Locomotive. It is in pristine, never-run condition. I purchased from an eBay seller that was selling a ton of sealed and displayed only items.
The issue is that as soon as I touch the throttle knob on my Cab2 or take it out of neutral conventionally it throws the breaker and shuts down the Gw-180 transformer
Has anyone else had this happen? If so what is the fix?
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A wire to the motor is likely shorted to frame. Another possible answer is the motor driver FETs are failed such that when it tries to go in a direction results in short.
Normally I would say also inspect for mechanical binding because a stalled motor would draw high current, however your trip of the fault happens so quickly, this more points to a more direct electrical short than the typical jammed and stalled motor situation.
Classic symptom of the DCDS-J failing. The bad news is, these are no longer available. The best bet is to find a competent tech to attempt a repair of the module. Note that this particular Atlantic model is 10 pounds of something in a 5 pound bag, it's truly stuffed in there! It's easy to get the shell off, but getting it back on without shorting something is another matter!
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