Has anyone ever attempted, or even thought about converting a Lionel Burro crane to TMCC?

Tom DenselOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

I pulled my Lionel 6-18402 Burro crane off the shelf to photograph in a few vignettes. After taking the photographs, I decided to run it down the track a short distance. As my layout is all TMCC controlled, operating this unit conventionally took some getting used to. It was fun to see the unit, with a couple of trailers in tow, run about the layout. Even after lubing it up it was still pretty noisy (in a good way ). It got me thinking; has anyone ever installed TMCC in one of these units? I'm thinking it would take a major redesign of the motor and transmission. I would be happy if it would only control movement of the unit, not cab rotation or raising and lowering of the hook. What say you who are smarter than I?

Tom

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