'Dead' Lionel Railsounds car

Product number? 

Aren't these cars conventional only.(2002)  Yep product number?

6-15405

I believe it should be TMCC.

You're right it is TMCC, Maybe the link will ring a bell with someone.

https://www.lionelsupport.com/...ents/71-5405-250.pdf

I have tried reprogramming the car with Legacy but nothing seems to work.  The car just won't respond to anything, neither conventional or Legacy.  I don't have TMCC so I can't try that.

Can't speak to the conventional side, but make sure the Legacy Cab 2 is set to TMCC or CAB 1.  The car won't respond to Legacy commands.

It's a standard 4.0 Railsounds sound setup.  Any of us active Lionel Service centers will have the parts in stock to get it going again.  It's basically a Radio R2LC, Railsounds Power board, Railsounds board, speaker and wiring.  You should be able to bring it back to life but without having another similar setup to compare with it could be difficult.

Jim

Thanks guys.  Going to try Johns suggestion first.  If that doesn't work then will take it apart and 'explore'.   😕

It does sound like a power/motherboard issue if you don't have lights or any sounds.

Even if the R2LC (the TMCC radio board that also controls the lights), fails in these, the sound system should still come-up in conventional mode.

I think you mentioned it, but double check that nothing works in conventional mode either, with your Legacy/TMCC base unplugged.

TRW

Yes, nothing works in conventional mode.  I have a ZW-L and I get no response from the car.  No lights and no sounds.

I'm thinking its the power/mother board.  Does Lionel sell these boards, or are there any good Lionel repair stations in the Pacific Northwest?

IF the car is in command mode and then you decide to try it in conventional mode, I believe you not only have to  disconnect the command base(unplug)  but also after doing that you also have  to  cycle track power (turn off , wait a few seconds then turn it back on ).    OK   you tried that, back to the drawing board... You did try engine 1 with the cab-2 as a long shot?

The mystery of the dead Rail sounds car has been solved.  My car has been resurrected! 

Today I took the car completely apart only to find that all three daughter boards that plug into multi-pin connectors on the mother board had somehow become disconnected and were just laying loose inside the mother board compartment of the car.  NO WONDER this car was...'dead'!!

Well, once I reconnected the three daughter boards to the mother board, and reassembled the car, it worked perfectly.  How all three of these boards got disconnected on a new, never on a track, passenger car I'll never know.  I'm just happy that it works now.  Thanks to all of you for your help, support, and encouragement.

David