Reply to "K-Line F7A - What will it take to make it work? Please help."

NortonOGR Forum Member

OK, I was wrong. Its been many years since I have had my F7s opened up. Yours is in fact the trailing unit. Unlike most K-Line multi unit engines, these have a motor driver in each powered unit but use a single Radio board to drive both units. The lead unit with the radio board also has the Railsounds boards.

At this point its probably better to just get a ERR Cruise Commander and Railsounds board to replace the K-Line board in there now. At least you will have a manual on how to wire it. If you try and just get a radio board and motherboard you will have to figure out how to wire them together yourself.

Other options are just get a reversing board and run the engine with a transformer.

Unlike DCC there are dozens of ways three rail engines are powered. Lionel has maybe 7-8, MTH 3, plus Electric Railroad, Train America Studios, and Digital Dynamics.

Pete

I see John posted while I was typing.

5/25/228:59 PM

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