Good morning,
I recently purchased MTH Railking item 30-74827, which is the NYC Stop Look and Listen boxcar with flashing crossing gate LEDs. I placed the car on the Fast Track around my Christmas Tree which is controlled by a Lionel CW80 transformer. The lights on the car operated for about 5 minutes but then stopped working and I could detect a burning smell from the car. I figured one or more of the boards are now bad and need replaced. I remember reading on this forum in the past that the CW80 transformer may have been incompatible with some MTH products, but I thought it may have been only certain MTH locomotives. Could the transformer have damaged the electronics in this item?
I plan to take the car to a hobby shop for repair, is there anything that needs to be done to prevent it from happening again? Or should I not use the CW80?
Thanks, and Merry Christmas.
Rob
