Jim R. posted:Yellow box means it’s a RailKing, not a Premier, locomotive, as does the 30- stock number. (Premier is a 20- stock number.)
Since this is a PS2 locomotive and the battery isn’t as critical in its function, you can forget about the battery being the issue. A new battery won’t solve anything.
It seems like Your boards on the locomotive are shot. Not surprising for PS2 with the 5-volt boards. Sorry, but your choices are to convert it to a simple conventional locomotive or upgrade to PS3.
Thanks Jim. That's not good news but would make sense as the locomotive was getting "fidgety" before it could just not run. I had to push it a few times and then the thing started to magically run again. If that is the case, do you think I could have the locomotive work with no sounds for the time being and later rig in Lionel Railsounds unit. At least with Railsounds, I can shut off the engine running and other sounds which drown out the horns, whistles and bells of other locomotives running on my layout. It looks like PS 3.0 is about the price I paid for the locomotive and I can pick up Railsounds for under $100.00, maybe even around $30 is searching and waiting for the right product.
I had a Williams Crown Edition E-unit go bad and I had someone rig in an aftermarket E-unit, so I know things can be made to work in some situations. Please let me know and thank you.
