Thanks.  I did check and front motor has no power.  I’m going to send back to Lionel and hope they make it right.   Set was only two weeks old.  Seems like I’m not the first to have the issue with LionChief sets and particularly this one. 

I'm brand new to Lionel O gauge so please excuse the terminology if I'm using it wrong.  I bought an off the shelf LionChief set, some extra track and a few switches and set up in the basement.   Everything ran fine for two weeks.   Today, I plugged in the power and the locomotive began running at high speed without the remote on.   The locomotive wouldn't move though, the traction wheels just spun in place.  I unplugged, waited a few minutes and tried again.   Same thing.    I don't see anything visible that would cause this, track is clean, power is clean, no shorts etc.    Help!!!