Hello All and Happy Holidays...
I had purchased a Lionel Polar Express set for my son for Xmas and have run into somewhat of a problem with the transformer (I think). This is our first venture into motorized trains (he's been a wooden railway fanatic for years), so I'm not sure if what I'm experiencing is normal for this type of set or not.
I set up the train last night. It seemed that it took a few minutes for the transformer to "warm up". The green light was on but when I moved the throttle lever, nothing would happen. Then after a few minutes, the train finally started moving. I got it to go forward, neutral, reverse, etc. No problems. I unplugged it and turned in for the night.
This morning my son obviously wants to take it for a spin. We plug it in and the green light comes on and the same thing happens -- the train won't go. So we wait a few minutes and nothing. Then the green light went out all together. I unplugged everything, checked all the connections and after an hour tried it again. Nothing. The transformer hums (slightly) but still no green light, nor moving train.
Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this? Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks in advance...
George