I have a New York central engine with rail sounds that runs great but when I put the lit passengers on it, it won't run. Are the lit passenger cars taking too much power? Do I need a stronger transformer?
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Pete,
We need more information to be able to help you. What engine do you have? What transformer do you have and what kind and how many passenger cars do you have?
That is for starters.
Just to begin, it may be that one of your passenger cars has a short that is causing the problem. One of the first things to do is to put one passenger car at a time on the track with your engine and see what happens. The other option is to take your engine off the track and put each car on the track one at a time and see if they all light up. At this point think of yourself as a doctor who is doing a diagnosis.
Again, this is just the beginning of the discovery process to solving your problem.
Hope this helps.
Ed Boyle
Good advice
Thank you so much. I will try that when I get home from work and get info on the engine. The transformer is one of the standard 120w that comes with sets but I have a 275 w that I'm going to hook up.
Please remember, you could also be having a problem with the transformer as well.
Every other engine runs fine on it with those passenger cars as well
Ed, Thank you so much for your help. I tested the engine with each car and eventually all of them after switching from my 120w transformer to my 275w. It runs like a dream now which can only mean it needed more power. I'm a few months back into my childhood hobby after a 20 year break and I'm sure ill be asking more advice. Thanks again.
