The repair department called me and said they did not have the parts on hand. They shipped me a new Goose Truck. It did cost me $40.00 to ship it and $50.00 for the repairs. By the way; there is no manual. This should put an end to the blog!

Oh, by the way. The instructions show the switch on the circuit board:

POSITION 0: ALL POWER OFF
POSITION 1: POWER TO LIGHTS
POSITION 2: NMRA/NEM
POSITION 3: LS/G

Me again.

I am sending this in for repair and I will let you know if it is broken or I am not able to read instructions.

I am no novice but of coarse I could do something stupid. I have had a backyard layout for 15 years and have 8 other engines. I have been to three large scale national conventions with lots of seminars. I have been treasurer and secretary of the Denver Garden Railroad society( DenverGRS.ORG) and a member for 15 years with lots of seminars.  I need to get this fixed before the National Garden Railway Convention in Denver in 2015. Come to Denver and see and ride three of the original "geese" running at the Colorado Railroad Museum (ColoradoRailroadMuseum.org)

Hey,  I am a simple guy. I took it out of the box and put it on the track. There is still a circuit board in the box. The switch I have under the cover in the truck bed just has 0 1 2 3. I have no remote controls and I don't want them. I just want to apply track power and have it go around my back yard track.

My goose truck - 82396 worked fine at Christmas going around the tree. I just tried it outside with the switch on #3 and it is completely dead except for the lights. (I do have track power). I have not installed DCC or done any other messing around. Does anyone have suggestions other than taking it somewhere for repair? I hate to spend $400.00 and have it broken already. I thought my wife bought me "fun" and not "trouble".