Reply to "MPC GP-20 conversion to dummy"

CoastsideKevinOGR Forum Member

Ok, project update.

I slid the gear over on the axle so it lined up with the drive shaft coming out of the bottom of the motor, slapped on some new tires, put in a new light, and ended up with this:

Not bad, right? Well, that was until I hooked up a few cars and ended up with this:

Clearly something still wrong with the gears, so I went ahead with my conversion and it looked like this:

But I didn’t like the bright light in the cab so took out the bulb and ended up with this:

Not perfect but prefer to see two engines pulling a consist of this length.

Thanks to everyone for your help and input. It was a good learning experience. If anyone knows of a good dummy unit that matches the Lionchief Plus Santa Fe GP-38, please let me know.

Kevin

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