Tag: Lionel
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Lionel Legacy/TMCC Ground Plane Issue and other Miscommunications
My Lionel Legacy ES44AC was stopping at certain consistent points on the track at medium speeds only. When powered up, the headlight on my 1990’s-era TMCC GP7 would blink intermittently. Both engines would not respond well to commands. With much troubleshooting and some help from the OGR forums, I determined I had a “ground plane…
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Cesar's O-Gauge Layout Update – April 2011
My friend Cesar’s O-Gauge Railroad Layout Update – April 2011
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DCS down for a while, Legacy up
A few days ago the Track Interface Unit (TIU) for my MTH DCS system stopped putting out the DCS signal to Fixed 1 Output. As it worked one day and not the next and the DCS system is only about a month old, I am assuming marginal electronics from the initial build. I had to…
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Lionel BNSF ES44AC loco in the house!
In my previous blog post, I wrote about my bad experience with a Lionel Norfolk Southern Genset and was an unhappy Vision Line owner for all of a few hours. I returned the Genset and swapped it for the Burlington Northern Sante Fe ES44AC Diesel. This Lionel Legacy locomotive is essentially the same as the…
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Lionel Vision Line "blind" to quality control?
After hearing about how detailed and awesome the Lionel Vision Line Genset Switchers were, and consequently discounting all the noise I’ve heard on the train forum about problems with this unit, I decided to take the plunge and get the Norfolk Southern Genset from my LHS. I was excited because this would be my first…
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Lionel TMCC Engines interfere with MTH DCS signal quality
My Lionel TMCC engines kill my MTH DCS signal quality when they are running. It has been known for some time that the constant voltage lighting boards in the TMCC engines create interference with the DCS signal, and it is suggested to install a 22 uH 5.5-amp choke in-line on the hot lead from the…