I'm located in southern middle Tennessee, only authorized shop around in Huntsville Al., and no longer have a tech so no help. Again thanks, and hopefully something will happen. Going to try a restart again, if I had TMCC on it, shows a way to reset all values to default, but doesn't show how to do that running straight from transformer. Still trying to make up mind on TMCC or DCS. Luck me, at lest I'm going to get to start from a fresh new page instead of rebuilding an old layout.

Bought a Lionmaster 2-6-6-4 N&W recently at swap meet. Has never smoked since first day, now I am not getting "chuffing" sounds. I am not running TMCC, so have no way from manual to reset the defaults. Very new with the newer type engines ( to me anyway) , have always run older post war models, so have no experience with repair of the newer electrical stuff. I've changed battery, no help, have msg sent to Lionel, no response yet, no service center within 250 miles of my location. Any ideas to help me out? Much thanks.