Good Morning all ,
Sometimes its better to leave it to the proper repair guys. LOL
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Wow ALEX. Glad we have GUYZ like you who know how to fix these electronics. Thanks for posting. Keep up your good work!!!
Holy crap, pretty much all the electronics is gone! 
Might be cheaper to buy a new Big Boy! 
Unfortunately the parts supplies are going to be an issue with these as it seems Lionel changes boards fairly regularly either due to component unavailability or feature sets. I hope at some time a universal board could be made to replace any board.
Alex thanks for sharing!
Oy, the looks of that thing internally. And I'm talking about the original set-up, not the earlier butchery.
You're a better man than I. I'd be ordering a nice ERR kit, with RS. Maybe the original wiring could be used as Xmas tree decorations.
Ouch. Some people need to realize if they don't understand what they are doing then it's better to leave it alone. This guy will learn an expensive lesson.
To that I know enough to be dangerous (I do my own ERR and PS3 upgrades, and a couple for local guys) but I'm not doing board component level replacements in most cases. I leave that to the more experienced. I know my limits.
That's one thing I will never do. I have no abilities regarding electronics, soldering or any kind of things with wires. I wouldn't even try untangling wires to get something disconnected even if Alex was guiding me because there would be a big "Whoosh!" sound followed by a face palm. Best to let a pro handle stuff like that.
WOW!!! I am so glad I am a proud, admitted techno-peasant who would NEVER consider opening up any of my steamers (or diesels for that matter).
I hope that guy has enough sense not to try to do his own plumbing. 
Yes indeed,an expensive lesson there.
Hey Alex,the labor rate doubles for fixing other peoples work right
Doug
Alex - the first thing I would do is drop it on the floor. This is what a certain reputable gentleman did recently with an engine of mine which wasn't running. As it was explained to me, sometimes dropping it knocks everything back in place. The gentleman obviously knew what he was doing because the engine promptly ran when placed on the track!
-Greg
P.S. Yes, my engine was dropped, and yes, it initially ran when placed on the track. The rest is my embellishment because I have a sense of humor. It goes without saying dropping it was an accident and he couldn't have been more apologetic.
Appears to be an outstanding reason to turn smoke OFF.
Thank you for posting the video and the issues found.
I too have run across repair attempts by others that were, well, just confusing. I am guessing there are some stories to be told.
For example I ran across a scale berk that would not run. The person that attempted the repair thought it was a motor control board failure and had purchased the replacement board. It turned out somewhere along the line, a person wire nutted the incorrect wires together. After correcting the wires, the engine came to life. And the original motor control board was fine. Relearning a lesson - don't assume anything until you do as thorough check/inspection as possible. A lesson that I learned when starting out in my career. But that's another story.
The biggest problem I have seen is someone not familiar with electronics' is they find a board problem may see a burn's out part on the pc board electronics and right away try to buy a new board and install, Without finding out why the board burnt or smoked in the first place, hence guess what happens ? they burn the new board out and then come on the ogrforum and ask for help. biggest mistake you can ever make. there is always a reason when some part draws excessive current and the board burns' up again !
if your not sure what you doing it's best to ask someone the knows how to figure what the real problem is! did you see what happened to Alex M train he had to repair because damage due to person working on engine did not know what he was doing ! an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alan
I can understand one or two mistakes, but it takes a special talent to completely ruin something like that.
All I know is the right man is on the job!! 
Jeff T posted:All I know is the right man is on the job!!
Alex is the best! And as luck would have it.....he lives by me!
-Pete
AlexM, I feel your concern. I too had to repair my BB after abusing its smoke units by either over-filling or starving them; ruined the smoke units and broke the RCMC as part of that; Mike R. did the initial repair of all that and provided a good base for the next repair.
The main smoke unit failed some time later and I did that repair myself - sloooow and meticulous with loads of help from the forum: https://ogrforum.ogaugerr.com/...opped-working?page=1
Good grief!
Glad someone is now working that on that beautiful loc. who knows what he's doing.
