I purchased a rail king 30-4073-1 beautiful John Deere O gauge set, new and unopened, from a local collector’s estate sale. He had quite the collection of model trains.
I grew up on old Marx O gauge. So I was excited to break the seal on this set and get it running around the Christmas tree. I snapped the tracks together, plugged in the transformer and figured out the remote to turn on the light/power. This is my first MTH. I put the engine on the track and toggled the remote up. The track indicating light came on and a small noise came from the engine. I kept toggling the up button to see it go, the sound got louder but then magic smoke came out of the engine
. I am used to the old Marx trains that really make a grinding sound when powering up, so I thought it was normal not seeing movement and hearing some noise. Upon pulling it off of the track, I found the powered wheels seemed locked up completely.
Is the unit toast? Do you think the powered unit was frozen from being stored 20+ years with no use?? The old Marx ones we had were way older!!
I grew up on old Marx O gauge. So I was excited to break the seal on this set and get it running around the Christmas tree. I snapped the tracks together, plugged in the transformer and figured out the remote to turn on the light/power. This is my first MTH. I put the engine on the track and toggled the remote up. The track indicating light came on and a small noise came from the engine. I kept toggling the up button to see it go, the sound got louder but then magic smoke came out of the engine
. I am used to the old Marx trains that really make a grinding sound when powering up, so I thought it was normal not seeing movement and hearing some noise. Upon pulling it off of the track, I found the powered wheels seemed locked up completely.Is the unit toast? Do you think the powered unit was frozen from being stored 20+ years with no use?? The old Marx ones we had were way older!!
