Hi,
My father's Lionel RS-11 6-28545 derailed. Now the only sound he gets is bell and whistle and no smoke! The smoke fan works but I do not register any power to the element. For the sound I am thinking he needs a replacement 691RS4E037 sound board. I do not see a smoke voltage regulator on this unit though. Lionel service over the phone had me hit AUX1, 1111 and nothing changed.
Any ideas?
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First off, I seriously doubt you need a sound board. As far as other sounds, check and see that the RS/SS switch is really in the RS position. If it's in SS, you get horn & bell only, does that sound familiar. 
For the smoke, there is a voltage regulator, it's the very first item in the parts list.
I have no idea where the odd reset came from, the manual indicates it's a standard diesel TMCC reset.
STEP 1: Move the switch on your locomotive from RUN to PGM.
STEP 2: Plug in your Command Base.
STEP 3: Place the locomotive on track, then turn on power to your track.
STEP 4: Press ENG then input the locomotive’s ID#. Press SET.
STEP 5: Press ENG, the ID#, AUX1, then press 8 for this particular locomotive.
STEP 6: Turn off power to your track and wait ten seconds.
STEP 7: Remove the locomotive from your track, and move the switch from PGM to RUN.
STEP 8: Place the locomotive back on track, then turn power on to the track.
STEP 9: Press ENG and the ID#, then operate as normal.
O my, um the switches for sound on and off looked reversed to me. As soon as I switched on the sound it worked "I will keep my day job :-)"! The smoker has several bad connections though. Once I soldered the smoke resistor and capacitor back to the circuit board the smoke worked again! 11 years old and back to normal after following the reset instructions.
Thanks a million!
Frank
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