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Dug out an old PS2 engine that has been mostly sitting on a track for a long time...more than one year.

Figured I'd dust it off and, maybe, run it.  So, I put it on my "control/test track" by itself and turned on the the power.  Looked for it in the remote...not there.  Changed the battery with a genuine MTH 8.4 rechargeable battery.  That did not change a thing.

Attempted to get it to move in conventional, transformer controlled manner.  Engine will not move.

Is the board dead?  Is some chip all fouled up because the battery went dead?  Thought that really only happened to PS1...

Did a "read" with the remote..."no active MTH engines."  Cannot figure out how to bring it back to life.

Can it be done?  Is it doomed to be a dummy engine now??

Thanks for any kind response.

 

 

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Can you provide an MTH item number for this engine.

If this is an early PS2 5v model there is a chance that the board may be toast, There was a bad run of capacitors during the 5v board years which caused many premature board failures.

When you power up the loco do you hear anything?  Any sound or is it 100% silent. You should at least heart a distinct click when power is applied. If you have transformer with an AMP gauge, it should draw some power usually around half an amp.

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You could always swap in a new board set. Even ERR could be used if you can't get an original.  If you run conventional and have thin wallet, a $2 bridge rectifier would at least give you fwd. You could pull a BR out of a garbage picked stereo, tv , etc if need be (careful of high volt coil/wire on tv tubes) .

 I just plain don't like the idea of dummy locos with a perfectly good motor(s) in it

To be clear did you place the engine on a track without DCS and try to power it up conventionally?  If not that is the first step.  Also ensuring it is getting power.

As far as DCS, you should delete the engine from the remote, then try to add the engine.  If it does not add, try a recover engine.  A sitting engine especially 5V can lose it's address and be out of address range for DCS.  Hence the recover engine process.  G

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