Hi everybody. Please forgive my lack of knowledge on the subject. but my 11 year old son has an HO layout (he's obsessed with it). We've had a few problems and I'm not sure who else to ask.
He has a Bachmann EZ command system and EZ track. He has about 20 engines. He asks for them for every birthday and Christmas and uses all his allowance to enhance his layout. One problem- when he gets a new "toy" he often gets ahead of himself and out of excitement either takes engines apart or tries to modify them or change them or do things to them which usually renders them useless. ugh. A few of his engines cost over $130 and are now not operating.
i'm not sure if some of these problems are simple or if these engines are unusable now.
Here are the 2 main engines with problems:
1- A union pacific broadway limited AC6000 - - - it was working fine and then all of a sudden it won't make any noises. this engine he actually didn't mess with at all. it was just going down the track, then the engine suddenly wouldn't stop with the ez command controller. it kept going down the track so my son had to turn the controller off while the train was going 'round. then when he turned the EZ command back on, the train sounds wouldn't work anymore. the engine still runs on the track fine, but no more sounds. the sounds from this engine still work on the DC track he has, but not on the Bachmann ez command.
2. NS F7A. engine. my son got an MRC speaker for a different engine, but wanted to hear it, so he took the shell off this engine and touched the wires of the new speaker to the speaker terminals on the NS F7A to hear it. the speaker worked, but when he took the speaker off and put the shell back on, now this engine will not work at all. it won't work or run or makes sounds on any track.
:-( *sigh*
what's a mom to do?
are these problems fixable???
He has a Bachmann EZ command system and EZ track. He has about 20 engines. He asks for them for every birthday and Christmas and uses all his allowance to enhance his layout. One problem- when he gets a new "toy" he often gets ahead of himself and out of excitement either takes engines apart or tries to modify them or change them or do things to them which usually renders them useless. ugh. A few of his engines cost over $130 and are now not operating.
i'm not sure if some of these problems are simple or if these engines are unusable now.
Here are the 2 main engines with problems:
1- A union pacific broadway limited AC6000 - - - it was working fine and then all of a sudden it won't make any noises. this engine he actually didn't mess with at all. it was just going down the track, then the engine suddenly wouldn't stop with the ez command controller. it kept going down the track so my son had to turn the controller off while the train was going 'round. then when he turned the EZ command back on, the train sounds wouldn't work anymore. the engine still runs on the track fine, but no more sounds. the sounds from this engine still work on the DC track he has, but not on the Bachmann ez command.
2. NS F7A. engine. my son got an MRC speaker for a different engine, but wanted to hear it, so he took the shell off this engine and touched the wires of the new speaker to the speaker terminals on the NS F7A to hear it. the speaker worked, but when he took the speaker off and put the shell back on, now this engine will not work at all. it won't work or run or makes sounds on any track.
:-( *sigh*
what's a mom to do?
are these problems fixable???