does anyone know how to motorize an athearn passenger car, heavyweight style.
Yup...You tell me why and I'll tell you how.
Rusty
i am modeling new jersey railroads and i would like to use two athearn passenger cars to make a version of the lackawanna railroad's electruic motorcars.
There are many ways to do it - there is one company that offers a power truck intended to fit in passenger cars - saw it advertised recently, now can't find it - a bit under $100-. Another method is to use diesel locomotive parts.
Okay; here is some things I found:
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/224-9 (http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/224-9)
http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/224-10 (http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/224-10)
http://www.nwsl.com/Brochure%20Pages/broch%20370004%20Motor.htm (http://www.nwsl.com/Brochure%20Pages/broch%20370004%20Motor.htm)
Nigel beat me to it...the PDT power truck by NorthWest Short Lines is a slick product. NWSL used to have a single axle unit called called the Flea, but I'm not sure that it is available in a size appropriate for HO. Sounds like a neat project. Have fun.
Rusty
Island Model Works has a shell for the Lackawanna MU's that's designed to fit on a Life-Like RDC drive. It's pretty expensive, though.
http://islandmodelworks.com/DLW.html
Timothy
Quote from: Conrail Quality on June 21, 2009, 11:23:01 PM
Island Model Works has a shell for the Lackawanna MU's that's designed to fit on a Life-Like RDC drive. It's pretty expensive, though.
http://islandmodelworks.com/DLW.html
Timothy
Bah, you beat me to it.
Quote from: Conrail Quality on June 21, 2009, 11:23:01 PM
Island Model Works has a shell for the Lackawanna MU's that's designed to fit on a Life-Like RDC drive. It's pretty expensive, though.
http://islandmodelworks.com/DLW.html
Timothy
Those Proto 1k RDC's go pretty cheap on E-Bay as an incentive. They are easy to convert to DCC. Not plug and play however. I've also figured out how to get a working interior light, that dims as the coach runs and brightens as when it stops at a station. I think it's pretty slick effect although it was unintended....
Trainworld has RDC3s for 15$... That's like 1/4 of the resin shell price.