I have a large scale 2-6-0 mogul,item#91554 that I recently bought new. I has a polarity switch which I find is virtually useless as most power supply/ controllers have a switch on them The loco switch does not have a center off position so I cannot isolate it on a powered section of the layout and run another engine. I have an exploded parts diagram with a wiring diagram but it does not show the color code for the wires going to the switch. I was hoping to cut one of the wires so that when the switch was in the "large scale" or "nmra" position the rail power to the motor would be dead. The wiring diagram does not identify what wires are what, just that they go to an unidentified spot on a circuit board. I guess I could just cut one of the motor leads and wire another switch mounted somewhere else into it but the exploded parts diagram gives me no clue how to separate the body from the chassis in order to get at the motor and its wires. I would also like to get it appart in order to add more weight as I have a pretty steep grade and the engine is so light that it slips with more than 2 cars.
Some other issues with this engine are--
The sound system when running at anything but a VERY slow crawl, has virtually no chuff, just more of a constant hiss.
The smoke system will not produce smoke except at very high speeds, I guess so that the smoke unit gets enough voltage. I wish the smoke unit was low voltage like 4-5 V, with a constant voltage circuit that would limit it to that regardless of the throttle setting.
Other than that the unit runs well and is very smooth. I got it at a very good price as I bought it from St. Aubin Hobbies the day they went out of business at the spring East Coast Large Scale train show in York,PA.. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated>
Some other issues with this engine are--
The sound system when running at anything but a VERY slow crawl, has virtually no chuff, just more of a constant hiss.
The smoke system will not produce smoke except at very high speeds, I guess so that the smoke unit gets enough voltage. I wish the smoke unit was low voltage like 4-5 V, with a constant voltage circuit that would limit it to that regardless of the throttle setting.
Other than that the unit runs well and is very smooth. I got it at a very good price as I bought it from St. Aubin Hobbies the day they went out of business at the spring East Coast Large Scale train show in York,PA.. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated>