Reply to "No more 9v battery in Leagcy Steam?"

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greg773 posted:
My Dad was just told by Lionel that there is no need to add a 9 volt battery in the new Legacy Milwaukee S3 steamer as we had done I. The past with previous legacy and TMCC locomotives.
When was this change made?

When running conventional the battery keeps the sound on when the track voltage goes away. And the track voltage goes away when you stop the engine or reverse the direction. In the case of running Legacy or TMCC, the voltage does not go away, so you do not need the battery.

There is however a rare instance when a particular engine of mine running Legacy is traversing a switch or some part of the track when the engine or tender loses power for an instant. The sound stops running. I have had to restart the engine in that case to bring the sound back. And a battery eliminates losing the sound in that case.

8/16/185:29 PM

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