PS 1 Stuck in Neutral

I take it you have done the whole hold the whistle button while removing power to track to get it out of direction lock?  It could be in Deselect mode, which means you need to get a new chip of MTH as the reset chip set will not work.  And if the extra chip you have is the same vintage as the one in the locomotive it may not work because it recognized the deselect mode, where new chips from MTH are programmed to ignore that setting.

Thanks for the reply. You are correct in that I did hold the whistle button while cutting power.  And, yes, the chip I have was from the "sister" locomotive, so I would think they are the same vintage.  I wonder if I can still get a chip from MTH.

What does the engine do when you apply power, need to know specific start up sounds if any?  When you tried moving to reset 18 did you get all the clanks and clinks or just one or none?

If you only get one and no others when cycling through reset it is deselected. I have the chip to clear that and restore operation so your chip works.  BUt having said that, this is weaver and it could be QSI 3 board stack which is different, or it could have MTH OEM set up.  So what is under the hood matters.  G

GGG posted:

What does the engine do when you apply power, need to know specific start up sounds if any?  When you tried moving to reset 18 did you get all the clanks and clinks or just one or none?

If you only get one and no others when cycling through reset it is deselected. I have the chip to clear that and restore operation so your chip works.  BUt having said that, this is weaver and it could be QSI 3 board stack which is different, or it could have MTH OEM set up.  So what is under the hood matters.  G

I am bummed I missed this this morning.  Tomorrow I will get the info you seek.  Thanks for jumping in!

GGG,  

re:  My RailKing PS 1 UP Gas Turbine = won't move ?

 WE get cab  light, start up sound and idle sound and one bell on shut down  Tried some resetting to factory and no clanks/clinks ?

Are we locked up?

Are we ready for the reset chip you mentioned above?

P.S...I am a member of the Paradise and Pacific RR Club, Scottsdale, AZ.   I have had Dallas Dixon take a run at this today...... he suggested  that I contact you for further advise. 

Sounds like the deselect also.  So this can be reprogrammed, too.  G

G

Thank you for reply.  I am sending you a PM.

I do e-mails.  In profile. G