I just picked up a used G scale Climax engine at a train show. It has no manual with it. I run remote control battery power. Dose this engine have a track/battery switch? Dose it have Sound. It has no road name or number, how old is it? any help would be great, thanks
Gscale Guy,
The ones listed below are from the original 2000 run.
81178 LRL Co 2 2000 ~ Loco Climax, 2 truck, Little River Logging Co. P 1 L Spectrum
81179 MML Co 4 2000 ~ Loco Climax, 2 truck, Meadow Mt. Lumber 1 L Spectrum
81180 P&CL Co 6 2000 ~ Loco Climax, 2 truck, Pardee & Curtin P 1 L Spectrum
81181 None None 2000 ~ Loco Climax, 2 truck, unlettered, tapered struck p 1 L Spectrum
81182 MCL Co 4 2000 ~ Loco Climax, 2 truck, Michigan, California 1 L Spectrum
81183 NRL Co 4 2000 ~ Loco Climax, 2 truck, New River Lumber P 1 L Spectrum
81184 ETL Co 7 2000 ~ Loco Climax, 2 truck, Ely Thomas diamond stack p 1 L Spectrum
81185 None None 2000 ~ Loco Climax, 2 truck, unlettered, diamond struck 1 L Spectrum
The ones below are from the 2011 run, some as noted had sound:
85093 CLLCo 6 2011 ~ Loco 1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Clear Lake Lumber Co 1 No Sound $1,350.00
85094 ERC&Lco 3 2011 ~ Loco 1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Elk River Coal & Lumber Co 1 No Sound $1,350.00
85095 Climax 2 2011 ~ Loco 1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Climax 1 No Sound $1,350.00
85096 BLCo 3 2011 ~ Loco 1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Bayside Lumber Co 1 No Sound $1,350.00
85097 None None 2011 ~ Loco 1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Unlettred black white stripe 1 No Sound $1,350.00
85098 None None 2011 ~ Loco 1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Unlettred black white stripe 1 No Sound $1,350.00 Red windows White pin Stripes
86093 CLLCo 7 2011 ~ Loco 1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Clear Lake Lumber Co 1 DCC sound $1,500.00
86094 ERC&Lco 4 2011 ~ Loco 1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Elk River Coal & Lumber Co 1 DCC sound $1,501.00
86095 Climax 3 2011 ~ Loco 1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Climax 1 DCC sound $1,502.00
86096 BLCo 4 2011 ~ Loco 1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Bayside Lumber Co 1 DCC sound $1,503.00
86097 None None 2011 ~ Loco 1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Unlettred black white stripe 1 DCC sound $1,504.00
86098 None None 2011 ~ Loco 1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Unlettred black white stripe 1 DCC sound $1,505.00 Red windows White pin Stripes
None of the original run had sound. This should at least let you figure out what you have. Enjoy your new Climax!!!!
Loco Bill
Pull the load off the bunker on the rear. If it's got a largeish PC board sitting in there with a smaller one plugged into a socket, then it's the newer version. Also, if it's the new version, the sand bins on the back of the bunker will come off, revealing 4 control switches. One of them is track/battery.
If it's the new version with the DCC decoder, I'd recommend getting a Tam Valley Depot DRS1 Hi-Power receiver for it.
http://www.tamvalleydepot.com/products/drs1deadrailcomponents.html (http://www.tamvalleydepot.com/products/drs1deadrailcomponents.html)
You can then hook the battery directly to the DRS1, then hook the output of that board to the battery input on the Climax's PC board. Flip the switch to "battery," and you're feeding a generic DCC signal from the receiver to the already-installed decoder and you'll be off and running.
Later,
K