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help, again i'm new at this this is twice i wrote this note!!!
i'm having trouble with this whistle i've check the wire on grn, and pick-up
look ok, i call lionel and told me to take the tall resistor
and jump the wire i did no sound, i call back their thought
maybe my pcb/dc need replacement they send me a new one,
no sound, i notice the white wire was off the whistle,i fix that
still no sound, i check the wire to be sure there the right colors
for the connections on grn, and pick-up there ok.
i'm using a w-80 transformer new,it work fine with other tenders.
is there any thing i miss ?????
don.
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Is this the Polar Express tender that comes with the set or a different one? If you have checked the wires on the Polar Express tender and the whistles on other tenders are working then you probably have a defective tender and I'd let Lionel send you a new one. What does Lionel say you should do?

Welcome to the forum! Just a suggestion... posting your question here instead of in someone else's thread is called "hijacking" and is considered rude. Posting your own threads will probably get you better results.
The Whistle in that tender sucks, but for a reason. Because the set is listed for use for 8 and older, there is a regulation on the sound level of the whistle. I removed the resistor and it is a little louder, but not much. Yours must be broken because even as weak as the whistle is, you should still hear something. I have 3 CW-80s, the whistles on my other Locos work fine.

Ted
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