I just picked up a GP-7 and I'm thinking about at least putting an ERR sound board in it maybe Cruise control. Any ideas would be appreciated.
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Ed Goldin has a picture of a GP-7 converted to TMCC/Railsounds on his website. It is a Lionel production engine. Goldinhands.com.
You did not say which generation of Geep you have.
If it is the later type with the vertical motor this is a conversion that will fit.
http://www.tuveson.com/sd-9-2/sd-9.htm
More conversions at :
http://www.tuveson.com/TMCC/s_gauge_and_tmcc.htm
Carl
You might consider the Cruise Commander Lite for this upgrade. It's suitable for smaller units, I suspect this qualifies. I have the CC-Lite running my upgraded O-Gauge Polar Express with ten passenger cars, it has no problem with them and it's run for hours without a hiccup.
I would expect the new RailSounds Commander would fit with the CC-Lite from looking at Carl's picture.
Carl Tuveson posted:You did not say which generation of Geep you have.
If it is the later type with the vertical motor this is a conversion that will fit.
http://www.tuveson.com/sd-9-2/sd-9.htmMore conversions at :
http://www.tuveson.com/TMCC/s_gauge_and_tmcc.htm
Carl
The one I got is from 2007 and I should see it this week thanks for the photo Carl. Yes John. I was thinking about the cruise lite option I just wasn't sure how much real estate I have under the hood. In this case I'm glad there is only one motor!
When I was on the ERR website years ago and purchased the kit for the MTH Signalman car, I thought ERR had a list of the Steam and Diesel sounds that one could list to in order to determine which one would go best with an upgrade. I have not been able to find this. Do they not have this?
Joe Gozzo
Trainlover160 posted:When I was on the ERR website years ago and purchased the kit for the MTH Signalman car, I thought ERR had a list of the Steam and Diesel sounds that one could list to in order to determine which one would go best with an upgrade. I have not been able to find this. Do they not have this?
Joe Gozzo
They do Joe. Click on Railsounds commander then go to the bottom of the page and click on "Ordering information". That will bring you to a list of sounds and prices.
Chris,
2007 GP should have a horizontal can motor on a modified Gilbert AF truck casting.
richabr posted:Chris,
2007 GP should have a horizontal can motor on a modified Gilbert AF truck casting.
That's good news! Thanks Rich.
Hmm... the horizontal motor actually sounds like bad news, the vertical motor would be easier to live with.
Chris,
The Cruise Lite with the new ERR sound board will fit in the GP with the horizontal motor also. I have one of these Flyonel GPs which I had converted to TMCC with a Mini-2. For better low speed performance I upgraded to the Cruise Lite along with the Railsounds Commander. It is a tight fit but with some planning it works out fine and these new sounds boards are fantastic. You will need to purchase a separate speaker, the Fat Boy that comes with the sound unit will not fit. If you need info on the speaker I can get you that. I can pull the shell from my conversion and shoot a picture if that would help, but what Carl is showing looks close to what I have.
Ray
Rayin"S" posted:Chris,
The Cruise Lite with the new ERR sound board will fit in the GP with the horizontal motor also. I have one of these Flyonel GPs which I had converted to TMCC with a Mini-2. For better low speed performance I upgraded to the Cruise Lite along with the Railsounds Commander. It is a tight fit but with some planning it works out fine and these new sounds boards are fantastic. You will need to purchase a separate speaker, the Fat Boy that comes with the sound unit will not fit. If you need info on the speaker I can get you that. I can pull the shell from my conversion and shoot a picture if that would help, but what Carl is showing looks close to what I have.ye
Ray
Yes Ray that would be helpful I was wondering how the speaker would work out and where to put it. I assume the sound the sound transmits thru the body OK?
I will get on this.
Ray
Rayin"S" posted:Chris,
The Cruise Lite with the new ERR sound board will fit in the GP with the horizontal motor also. I have one of these Flyonel GPs which I had converted to TMCC with a Mini-2. For better low speed performance I upgraded to the Cruise Lite along with the Railsounds Commander. It is a tight fit but with some planning it works out fine and these new sounds boards are fantastic.
Good to know, I know that the horizontal motors in a lot of Atlas stuff really limits what you can put into them. I'll bet it's a pretty tight fit. 
Chris,
I will attempt to add the picture, the white object on the right is the speaker. The speaker measures 5/8" w X 1 3/8 high, and has an enclosure made out of .030 styrene plastic. It is an 8 ohm 2w speaker. I will have to look up where the speaker came from, I know I purchase a number of them on the internet.
Ray
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Rayin"S" posted:Chris,
I will attempt to add the picture, the white object on the right is the speaker. The speaker measures 5/8" w X 1 3/8 high, and has an enclosure made out of .030 styrene plastic. It is an 8 ohm 2w speaker. I will have to look up where the speaker came from, I know I purchase a number of them on the internet.
Ray
The picture is perfect. It looks snug but it can be done.
Is the front truck powered? There doesn't seem to be room for any drive to it?
I believe it is John. Pleanty of guy's on here that know a lot more about Flyer than me.
The motor's on the left under the bracket. It's the Gilbert design modified by Lionel to use a can motor.
Rusty
I don't believe any of the Lionel S gauge GP's had dual motors.
Is the front truck powered? There doesn't seem to be room for any drive to it?
John, None of the GPs, either Gilbert or the Lionel Flyer, have the front trucks powered, the horizontal motor and power truck on these are built as a unit.
Ray
I suspected that from the picture, but just wondered if they managed to stick a drive shaft under it.
For Rich, it was obvious it didn't have dual motors, that wasn't the question.
The speaker measures 5/8" w X 1 3/8 high, and has an enclosure made out of .030 styrene plastic. It is an 8 ohm 2w speaker. I will have to look up where the speaker came from, I know I purchase a number of them on the internet.
Chris, The speaker I used I am reasonably sure came from DigiKey, probably one of these:
GC0351M-ND |
These are rated 1 watt
Ray
