Bought a Lionel SD50 Rio Grande off Ebay. Engine looks great, not a scratch, no dust-nothing. Runs great, but won't reverse. There is only one switch on bottom, and I threw it back & forth several times, but in either position, it still won't reverse. Any suggestions?
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Lionel made 2 SD50's, one with railsounds and one without. There are 2 switches next to the fuel tank on both. One for sound, one for run/program and reverse lock. Might try a reset with a cab 1or2.
I know that's normal, but this one only has one switch on bottom.
Might need to pop the body off. It may have had the preivous owner hardwire it to run in one direction only and physically removed the program switch.Is there an empty slot where a switch used to be? Does the other switch turn off the sound? Which one do you own, the railsound version or the horn only version? do you know the stock number?
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