Runaway Train

Vincer posted:

Greetings all,

I hope everyone is doing well and so far your new year is going smoothly.

Question: I bought a Lionel Amtrak HHP-8 (6-38402) at an estate sale. My layout is run by an MTH DSC TIU and DCS remote. I set the locomotive on the track and when I turned the electricity on to the TIU the locomotive took off at high speed. I never even got a chance to program it into the remote even though MTH DSC accepts TMCC controlled engines.

Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I've seen this locomotive on Youtube and I like it. It would be a great addition to my layout.

Vince

You need a Lionel TMCC or Legacy command base with an adapter cable in order to control it with a DCS system.

Then why does my DSC remote have a menu that says add TMCC engine? 

Vincer posted:

Then why does my DSC remote have a menu that says add TMCC engine? 

It had the ability to control Lionel engines via the DCS remote or DCS Wi-Fi app. It still needs the TMCC or Legacy base in order to read the Lionel engines because that is where the information for them is stored. 

Picture buying a new piece of computer hardware and not having the drivers to use it. This is simalar but you have the software and not the hardware so to speak. 

This should help you. 

https://youtu.be/caIPXwkqNb4