Odd Legacy Issue

Did the display show the train brake engaged?  Dirty?

Truthfully, I didn't take note until it was too late.  However, I'll see that remote again, and I'll see if that happens again.  Once I notice that the throttle wasn't following the bar, I just ran the train brake up and down a couple of times and everything returned to normal.  I'm assuming it was probably indicating engaged, but since I wasn't looking to do that, I wasn't that observant.

I do know that sometimes if the train brake was engaged, switch to a new engine and disengaged, when you go back to the original engine even though the physical slider may be up, the train brake setting was remembered as on.  Which is the way I would expected to act.  Possible? 

Or was there multiple remotes and someone had it engaged on theirs?

Marty, I totally forgot that is an issue, but I got zapped by that when my grandson was screwing around with me!

That might have been it...

My grandson has gotten me with the Brake a couple times now, not the problem you had, but the train doesn't go when I turn the dial. I never use the brake, just the dial. The brake is all he ever uses to stop. The first time he did that I was pulling my hair out before I found the problem, I'm sure he would have gotten a real kick out of that had he seen me struggling with it. I am getting to where I now remember to check it after he has been over (he's slowly getting me trained).

Guns & MartyE,

   Thanks much for the Legacy Cab2 education I really appreciate it very much. Had the memory brake situation happen to me also, now I understand why I had to move the brake on and off to rotate everything back to the run mode.  The brake has a memory, can you beat that!  I think Lionel need to put this in the Cab 2 instructions some place, I do not remember seeing it on any of the Lionel instruction videos any place either.

PCRR/Dave

Wow that good info, hope you do not haveanymoreissues john.

Wow I did not know that either.  That's good info.  Will save a lot of time trying to fix something that's not broken and working as designed.   Is that documented in the legacy guide?  I must have missed it.  I actually like that feature.  Thanks for the info.

This is NOT an issue but the way I would expect it to work.  Sometimes was inaccurate.  Always should have been used.

Would you really want all of your engines, even if not being controlled currently, to change train brake settings?  I know I don't.  I use train brake a lot as an upper limit speed and crank the throttle to get some good labor sounds.  If the train brake setting would change when I changed it for another engine I'd be in deep do do.

Nope it should stay where you set on it an unaddressed engine regardless of where the slider is when controlling another engine.  And it does.  Now once you go back as soon as you touch the slider it will engage to that slider setting.

Happens to me at times also, I think it is memory because I often stop my engines with the slider, a quick down and up and back to normal.

Art

This happened on my Legacy GP9. I had my other MTH Trains (three) running on the loop and the BP9 moved out slowly until it was rear ended by an MTH train. I could not get rid of it (and since I am taking the layout down), I pulled the engine and boxed it.

........but if John doesn't know........then who does....?

This one just caught me by surprise as I didn't have the train brake on.  Of course, since there were other people running, I should have realized this could happen.  My grandson hasn't pulled that on me for a couple of years, and us old guys forget.

Never a dull moment.

I know this thread is about the brakes but I think it is fantastic that your grandchildren are involved in the hobby.

Thanks, it is. Kids are an inspiration to us all. I hope he stays with the trains, he has always liked construction equipment and 'workers' as he calls them, trains are also heavy equipment, but who knows. I enjoy it while I can. He is coming over Friday night.

Ah, good to hear they are enjoying the trains.

Gentlemen,

   It's a wonder to me that Guns has lived long enough to have Grandchildren!

Only kidding buddy, just could not help myself.

PCRR/Dave

Watch your back Marty, when you're not paying attention at the next York...

MartyE & Guns,

   You got to love the OGR forum, it starts great friendships, no doubt about it.

MartyE I have some body Armor for sale you might need.

PCRR/Dave

If he isn't looking, it might end one.

That wouldn't involve the use of a witness gold team would it GRJ? 

I've been sworn to secrecy.

MartyE,

   Do you mean to tell me that Guns really has reached the Grandfather stage, heck I arrived there a long time ago, let me see, I think I remember that!

PCRR/Dave

I turned 50 today so I feel I can bust some chops in the old guy department.  No grandchildren yet, thank goodness.

I know this is "off topic", but happy birthday Marty!!!!

Happy birthday Marty, I sure hope you see 51, but keep pickin' in me and...

Guns,

   Not yet man, let him have & enjoy some Grandchildren, heck I have a daughter his age almost.  I tell ya the children on this OGR forum are getting out of hand.

Happy Birthday Marty, may you have many many more.

Body Armor makes a great birthday gift.

PCRR/Dave

Happy Birthday Marty. You can always "adopt" some! Nothing better than seeing a kid laugh or the wonder in their eyes when you show them something (of course means touching), or their excitement at telling you about new events

I'm not worried.  I think I can still out run him.  LOL!

Are you somehow confused as to why I have the forum name I do?

LOL!

Thanks for the great info on the Train Brake behavior! I'm working on some software to run my layout and am adding multiple train control right now.  I  was keeping track of throttle settings but it hadn't occurred to me to keep track of the Train Brake setting.  That was probably fixing to send a Legacy train flying off the table real soon!

Cheers,

Jim

He's never around when you need him Marty.

One thing I noticed, you never see him and Allan Miller at the same time.

I don't see Allan much at all nowadays, he's been pretty scarce here.  Maybe he'll be at York.