Well, I haven't done much this summer in terms of trains.  Too many things to do around the house and trying to make the best of my daughter's last summer before she prepares for university.  But I digress.

It wasn't completely a non-train summer, though.  My two GMD1's from Rapido came, plus a couple Budd stainless steel VIA coaches (a special run by Rapido for VIA Rail).  But the one change I intended to make this summer after receiving my first GMD1 was switching out my Digitrax Zephyr for a NCE PowerCab.  The reason for this was twofold: I became frustrated that I could not access functions above 10 on the Zephyr and that I wanted more of a walkaround throttle.  Having repeatedly heard great things about the NCE system, I took the plunge.

Well, today I finally got to hook up the NCE system (it came last week) and try out my newest GMD1 loco:

This is where it all went terribly wrong.  I hooked everything up according to the instructions:

And when I plugged it in to the wall, the PowerCab came alive:

With the train on the track, I attempted to get control.  But nothing.  After re-checking everything, still nothing.  I thought, well, maybe there is a chance something is wrong with the loco, so I pulled out one of my other locos that I know works fine.  Nothing.  Next was to check my caboose on the track that has track powered lighting.  Nothing.

So, I'm getting no power to the tracks whatsoever.  I'm more than a little frustrated.  I'm quite sure it is all hooked up as needed, but thought I'd post the pictures here and see if anyone notices anything out of line or see if anyone has any suggestions.  My next step is to ensure that my DC power pack still works using the existing wiring, but I'm fairly confident that will be the case.  

My next step is to email NCE and see what they have to say, but figured if it was something obvious, I'd get a response here first.