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Jhainer posted:

That is really cool I always have loved the Chessie steam special. I have the ac motor version that I would like to upgrade to ERR and a DC motor. but have no idea where to start and I heard of timko does conversions but know nothing about them.

 

I got a Timko motor a few years ago for my AF 4-8-4. Got it off of Ebay. It was a simple unscrew, replace, and re-screw, attach wires. Our Steam Specials should be the same way since they use a driveshaft to couple the motor to the gearing. Once again, being new to the 3-rail community, I didn't know any better. I would have done the ac-dc motor conversion and ordered the ERR DC Commander kit. The ERR system is straight forward. There's YouTube videos on how to do it. The only problem is, if you want to add "more stuff" to the engine, (i.e. fan driven smoke unit, Super-Chuffer) then you need to increase the size (number of wires) of the tether wire like I did. I used the 10 wire tether from MTH, think I have 2 wires left.

I can honestly say I'm learning as I go.

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