Sunset Models: New York Central T-Motor Electric Locomotive

I need to correct my earlier post after doing a little more research.  The MTH jack shaft locomotive I ordered, but was never made, was a three unit Virginian EL-3A.  It was item 20-5596-1 and was listed for $1299.95.  It was in the 2007, volume 2 catalog. 

Were the N and W LC-1 locomotives the ones with the brine rheostats?  It so, that was a real interesting locomotive.  One of the few electrics that would need a smoke unit.

Tried mine out today. Black version #273 to haul my 1948 Century. Runs smooooth. Looks fab. THe only glitch is that at full vol (USING TMCC) the revving engine makes the speaker distort badly. If I lower it a few clicks (in TMCC) it is fine.  Also, no shutdown with AUX 5.

Is anyone else having this SOUND issue?  

Ernie

Mine is OK on both fronts. Did you try different feature codes? I used AUX1 6 after setting the engine ID and get shutdown (AUX1 5) after a few seconds delay.

Pete

Tried it all including soft and hard resets. Also, does your front light stay on, no matter in forward or reverse?  My rear light cycles on and off, but front stays lit.

When I first set engine ID I used AUX1 83 which was the only one listed in the manual and is the hard reset. When I did that one light no longer toggled but stayed on all time while the other did toggle. When I reprogrammed it for AUX1 6 both lights toggled. ERR uses 4 feature codes, one for steam and three for diesel. Unless ERR created a new feature code for this engine the correct one will likely be one of the three, AUX1 5, AUX1 6, or AUX1 8. The last one being used for diesel with smoke.

Pete

Thanks, that fixed the light, but the sound is still distorting at its highest level -not on the horn or bell, just on the engine revs which could be a speaker up against something or the board.  -- oh yeah no shutdown still.

Ernie, Would you like me to send you a replacement speaker and sound board?

Scott Mann

What manufacturer do you know of will respond instantly to a problem?  I think SM is the only one, nope I'm sure of it.

Sure Scott, speaker and sound board will be great, I'll try speaker first, if it is that I will send you back the board, but better send both to be sure.  

Besides the small sound glitch, this model surpasses my expectations. One thrill is I don't have to glue on safety chains... they're already there!

Brought the T3 model down to my club, Central Operating Lines (coltrains.com) and not one but two members ordered one.