Posted here for information about battery replacement devices....are the following problems associated w/lack of batterys?? I have 12 that I took out, but none marked for the Lionel #1218, MOST say MTH 8.4.
I got my city of Gallipolis operating layout wired up today........seemingly no problems with that part.
Now, my MTH #614 loco wont respond to the whistle button (ZW), chugging sounds are almost garbled beyond description, insists on going through the F/N/R/N/F sequence every start up. I need it to go forward every time after stopping. Last year I used a #2367 Wabash w/locked E-unit. Hate to resort to that again!!!!
The Lionel #1218 N&W does start off forward every time, but, it slows unexpectedly, whistles when it chooses, mimics train brakes screeching, sound stops completely for a few second at a time, intermittently; does respond to the whistle & direction buttons. Are these actions that one might expect of missing battery operation???? or did it ever have a battery.
Both these are older locos...
PJHeck. TCA 73-5817
