Locomotive Issue - Protosound 2 - Flashing and restarting when trying to move

one thing you should try first is cut power when you hears sounds if sounds died immediately your battery is DEAD! you can try charging battery and then try again!

you might try a conventional reset while powered up and not moving, if it resets you'll hear 2 whistle toots. if it wont reset board probably needs repaired if you can find one it is a ps 2 3 volt board inside the engine or tender! p.s did you charge the battery before you tried the engine?

Alan

Since it's a motion issue, I'd stop tinkering until you do some research.  The stopping and resetting suggests overcurrent, perhaps a motor stall, and the board resets and isn't trying to move anymore.  It also might be a short to frame ground of one of the motor leads.

If you keep hammering it, you're likely to do more damage, it's time to find out what is wrong.

PS: the board is in the tender.

How clean are the wheels and pickups.  May also just be a continuity issue.  But John's advice is smart to be careful with repeated cycling of the board. G

@GGG posted:

How clean are the wheels and pickups.  May also just be a continuity issue.  But John's advice is smart to be careful with repeated cycling of the board. G

The Wheels and pickups came very clean (though I gave the pickups the once-over when cleaning the track).

@Alan Mancus posted:

one thing you should try first is cut power when you hears sounds if sounds died immediately your battery is DEAD! you can try charging battery and then try again!

you might try a conventional reset while powered up and not moving, if it resets you'll hear 2 whistle toots. if it wont reset board probably needs repaired if you can find one it is a ps 2 3 volt board inside the engine or tender! p.s did you charge the battery before you tried the engine?

Alan

No I was able to test that out and the sounds (and hopefully hence the battery) seem to be okay.

If its a board issue I might try taking it to the hobby shop in the next city over to upgrade it to PS 3.0 (if they have the parts of course!), albeit I won't be able to get there in person till at earliest next April...

Check continuity between the two pickups, and continuity between the front drivers, axles and frame.  MTH had some issues with paint between the spoked wheels and rim & axle.