Bob,
First - thanks for responding so quickly!
I don't have a powerhouse brick, I have a Z4K. So I turn it on and then move handle up to 18 v. When I do, you're right, the lights and sounds come on - or they don't (as I said in my earlier post, 50% of the time I power up and the loco just sits there like I have the power off).
I do hit #3 (start-up), even though I didn't mention this. But that does basically nothing new. The sounds and light, as you pointed out, are already on. No cab chatter or anything else new happens.
From there, everything else is as described in my earlier note. Front light is rapidly flashing (maybe from when I hit #3 ?), can't really control turning off bell (most of the time). Scrolling up the speed sometimes results in the train just sitting there like I have it on zero speed. And most of the time, when I decrease speed, it has zero effect on actually slowing loco down.
Help!
Peter
Sounds like maybe an antenna issue.
How do other TMCC engines behave on your layout?
How does this engine behave on another TMCC layout?
Rod
