Tim, thank you for your help. At this point I’m not sure exactly what I’ve done. The bell sound was on the Lm3s when I started. Thought I followed the directions but when I finished the bell sound was gone on the HC and the Lm3s. Obviously I missed something and I’m such a stunod! Computers and electronics are not my forte, guess I’m proving that in spades. I do really well with visuals but none to follow here. I’ll go back and try again. Love the RP system but hate my stupidity. Gave up on Digitrax a long time ago because it was so complicated.         Dave

HC-3 revision 1.10 released.
HC-2 and HC-2b revision 2.53 released.

As usual, no actual idea what the reason is but suspicion is something to do with the use of the LM-3S-21

- Tim

Wow, that is such an exceptionally bad design. Can't offer much, searching only bought up a few results here and there. Probably the best for ideas is this thread over at MRH Magazine: https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/bachmann-spectrum-fairbanks-morse-h1644-decoder-conversion-12219022, and this one: https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/bachman-decoder-install-12203273. Looking at the last one, is it possible that the LM could actually fit?

Why do all manufacturers make such poor chassis? My poor advice would be if you have the skills to fabricate a new chassis from brass stock or sell the Bachmann and buy an Atlas.

- Tim

You are correct, the sounds must be on the LM to be used. Have you accidentality deleted the file from the LM and not the HC? Deleting files from the HC does not delete them from the LM. You need to check if the file is still on the LM. You can do this following the same procedure to bring up the list of files but cancelling out instead of actually deleting anything.

- Tim

I finally resolved the issue at hand.

It turns out that along with cleaning the wheels and rails, I needed to vacuum the track immediately after going over it with a rail burnishing bar. Removing the extra dirt with the vacuum helped more than I expected.

I’d like to thank everyone for their help in this matter. I do appreciate your input.