This locomotive WAS working perfectly, Lionel 6–82759 an SD90Mac Norfolk Southern#7230.
I sold this locomotive and shipped it to the buyer via UPS. However, it arrived heavily damaged on the boxes as well as the Styrofoam looking like something heavy struck it. She elected to return it because she was concerned that something internally might be wrong given how rough the boxes were handled.
Interestingly, multiple large RED fragile stickers were on the exterior of the shipping box, but clearly this meant nothing to the handlers or drivers.
The Buyer returned it to me, I refunded her money, and I have filed a claim with UPS awaiting their decision. However, upon inspecting the locomotive when I put it on the track to program it, as soon as power was applied, the locomotive started up.
I checked the program/run switch and it was in the program position so I powered everything down and then re-powered the legacy controller up and then turn the track power back on again just as I did before and again, the locomotive started. It will not respond to any input from the legacy controller and it’s like it’s conventional control mode.
This locomotive was programmed once before in my legacy controller but I did clear it when I sold it. Would that be possibly have any connection to the problem?
I even unplugged my Legacy system and track power from the wall power and then back in but the locomotive still starts up immediately once track power is turned on 🤷♂️
Any ideas what the problem might be if that’s not it? It does not appear that the damage to the boxes struck the locomotive although two of the front shell attaching screws were loose and laying in the box.
Is there a way to do a full factory reset given it always starts up as soon as power is applied?
I’m not sure what UPS will do if they honor the claim which they should, but I hate to see this locomotive turned over to them to be destroyed or whatever happens to it. I would rather get a diminished value amount from them and save it, but I’m not sure if that will be an option. See the pictures below and let me know what you think.
