Lionel Railsounds problem

When was this engine made, can you post a pic of the board???

Marty

Bruce, there is a video of this locomotive on YouTube.  The horn and bell effects are good as were crew talk and engine sounds.  I tried to listen for acceleration sounds but the locomotive takes off like a bat-out-of-heck when the throttle was moved.  I sense this is a very early railsound locomotive.  You have engine sounds but I don't think there was any feedback from the throttle or motor to allow increasing and decreasing  rpm's.

Actually, if the Lionel parts site is to be believed, this is a fairly late model.  It uses the single modular RS board that didn't show up until around 10 years ago.

Here's the Lionel Parts Page for the Maritime Exploration GP38 RTR 6-30287.

I have a Lionel TMCC Steam Pacific K4 that does the same thing.  I would love to know the solution to your issue as it might help me.

TMCC will have a different cause.  In any case, you won't have the prime mover not "revving" on a steamer!

My Maritime does rev up and down with speed.

What I would like is the option to use a 9 volt battery for sound drop outs.

However, by looking at the pics here I don't seem to have that option on my Maritime board.

If I knew how to solder the wires into the board, I would try.

Nice little engine which I  would sell if someone was interested...excellent condition with box ect.

Dave

The RSM1 board does not have the circuitry to support battery operation. There is no place where you can solder a 9V battery to this board to do what you are trying to do. Switching to an ERR sound board will give you the battery option you are looking for.

And I have the perfect battery for your ERR Board.

 YLB - RailSounds Battery Replacement

Thanks Rudy

I like the present sounds......too bad the benefits of the battery option were not included.

Dave

Bruce, I still think that engine uses a pick up of some sort to generate the signal for the sounds to ramp up.  Check the wheel axles looking for the sensor.  Maybe bad, broken wire, or out of adjustment?  G

George, John,

Thanks for your help.  When George pointed out the speed pick up that goes into the Railsound-Mass board I was relieved because of the potential cost $$$ for the client.  I found numerous steel wool shrads or other metallic debris on the 'pick-up' wheel.  Cleaned everything, took all the buildup off all wheels,  center rail pick-ups and the speed sensor.   Test ran the locomotive on my layout and the speed sounds came up.  It took some time, but the increase in sounds was evident.

The above photo shows the 'speed sensor' and the white connector with the black/purple wires that go to the Railsound-Mass board.

Again, thanks.  Hope this post sheds some light on how the speed increase is transmitted to the board.

bruce

That's tucked right in there, I haven't seen that configuration before, see something new every day.