No chuffing on Chessie Steam Special

This has an " early" railsounds setup. Check to see if it has a magnet on one of the tender axles. If so this passes a sensor and triggers the chuff, the sensor may need an adjustment closer to the magnet.

First try doing a engine reprogram using code 74.

http://www.lionel.com/ForTheHo...oreTMCCfunctions.pdf

Bill

Railsounds switch on/off???

Update!

I did get it working, just ended up deleting the entry in the legacy controller and re-adding it back again.

I do have two follow up questions.

1. The static back ground noise can be annoying - its like listening to a radio station that is just out of range. Not sure if something can be done with that. Most audio seems fine and clear, but the idle sound is what has the most static.

2. The instructions specifically state that the Tower Com will call out the engine by road number and name, but I have yet to hear this. I just get the hold and clear talk.

Thank you again for the help on this.

 For the most part an idling steamer sounds like static. Granted, the newer legacy locos  sound less like static and more like steamer, but I think for your loco what your hearing is normal give the sound system it was equipped with at that time.

The true background static is a "feature" of RailSounds.  You can actually minimize it at times by swapping the RailSounds power supply board.  I don't know what you're hearing, but many RailSounds 4.0 and earlier systems have true background static which is not part of the audio stream.

Can you tell us if the RS switch is on?  Also open the tender and look for broken wires on the RS switch.

So far all is well, I did turn the volume up all the way and perhaps I am confusing static with typical boiler sounds (your video was spot on Rick!) This is my first Railsounds and TMCC engine. The fact is all the other sounds are pitch perfect and clear so I'm good with it.

I still haven't solved the Towercom not calling out the name/number since it is stated in the manual, however perhaps this is one of these scenarios where it was put in the manual but never implemented.

I also own this version of the CSS and its smoke unit is the most anemic of any I have.  My dozen other steamers (mostly from various RTR sets) put out triple what this one does.

It's the only command locomotive I own, so I don't know if perhaps it's just a problem related to running a command loco in a conventional environment... It's on my list of things to work on, but not near the top at the moment.

What type of transformer are you using?  Lionel have advised that one using a chopped sine wave will give the best results with modern locomotives and smoke units. On the video it made a very noticeable difference.

I agree on the smoke unit, I'm using a CW-80 on my layout with my legacy system. Smoke is ok, but I'm not to worried about it. I do have to say its a very detailed engine for its price point. The large lighted number boards and marker lights are fantastic as well as the sweet paint scheme.