quote:Originally posted by Stoshu:
I tried to run my 1960's 736 berk on the club layout at the last train show and the new TMCC control equipment couldn't handle it
Did it shut the TMCC down ?
My 682 turbine did the same thing.
Come to find out it's the whistle in the
tender doing it....
Add a .1uf capacitor between the pickup and and frame.
cleaned the problem right up....
I've had hand cars do the same thing...
No, we just didn't have enough power to run it. We used all the modules which make a real big setup and power is really only connected at one spot and fed around the modules. We still lost a lot of juice at the far end. My TMCC GP9 (pull-mor motor) wasn't running either and it did most of the running at the show before the 736 trial. I might try again at the show this weekend to see if it will cooperate on a slightly smaller setup with fewer layout modules.
Are you a Glancy club member (just curious since you're in plymouth)? If you are and you were at the Gratiot Valley show in November you probably saw the engine in the roundhouse on the layout.
