Reply to "MTH F7 S Scale/gauge"

Rusty TraqueOGR Forum Member

@Francine posted:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the MTH catalog I ordered from had a HiRail and Scale version. I went to my LHS (Hennings) to see if I could swap the Hi-Rail for Scale - but they informed me that the wheels and couplers were in the box and there was only one F7.
In speaking to a friend, who is very versed in this, he states that changing the wheel sets is very tricky and if you lose parts, you may be done.
Our club is phasing out DCC, don't ask me why, and the only place I will be able to run is on a super DCC layout in a friends house.

MTH continued shipping diesel locomotives as hirail, with scale wheels and couplers in the box, just as SHS normally did. Except, SHS would install scale wheels and couplers if requested by the customer.

Yes, it's a little tricky, but not impossible. I've converted several SHS and MTH units without losing anything.

Rusty

4/21/213:06 PM

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