Lionel O gauge Lionmaster Challenger for Christmas!!

I suggest you re-think putting it away with a battery in it.  The RS board will draw some current, and eventually discharge the battery.  It may leak and damage things.  If you must have a battery in the unit, consider the YLB, it never needs replacement and it never leaks.

YLB - RailSounds Battery Replacement

Gunrunnerjohn,

Thanks for the link ! Certainly will look @that YLB. But yes, I did pull the battery out .

Ya'll have some parts on fleabay I'm watching.... Lantern covers for 0-36' FastTrack turnouts...:-) I've got two, but redundancy is key with those things.

Congrats on the great engine! too bad you now have to wait for Christmas to "get" it!!

I run my Lionmaster engines without the battery with now issues, is there a reason you need to put a battery in?

Thanks Jetsafl ! 

I am " Old-School" TMCC, I always thought that the 9V was necessary to get the full R.S effects? ( I have one " completely upgraded" TMCC steamer, that is an 6-18086 N.Y.C Pacific 4-6-2 from 99' so I had always put one in for it.  As for waiting to get it? Well, it's a contented thought just seeing the box in the den, and knowing that although used : it is as described, and performs perfectly.

One thing's for sure, by Thanksgiving, I'll be so hyped up I'll never calm down !!!:-)

My fleet of engines, steam and diesel, are all TMCC/Legacy. I never install a battery in any of the engines. It is my understanding that the battery is only used if you loose power at certain spots on your layout, say a dead track or gap.

I have never had that issue and even run my engines on our club layout without any issues.

So unless one has dead spots on their layout, is a battery really necessary?

RAY

If you're strictly command, the only time the battery really comes into use is primarily for steam where the tender loses power over switches and the sound cuts out. There are some steam models that once the sound cuts out momentarily on switches, it won't come back on without a power cycle.  Obviously, a battery helps a bunch for those.

Obviously, if you don't have the problem, you don't need the battery.

Well, You guys have opened my eyes on the battery issue. There are no dead spots so, guess I'll leave well enough alone !

Thanks much.. And I'll try and be a little more active on here. :-).