@rplst8 posted:This is why MTH's Proto-Scale 3-2 system was so promising IMHO. I think had they made fixed pilot conversions part of the products in the box (including wheels etc.) they would have had a REAL winner. The 2-rail guys aren't afraid of a little "tinkering" to convert them anyway.
I totally agree with this. I bought a 3/2 MTH GP9 (the hi-rail version) and converted it to 2 rail. Changing the wheel sets was easy but the pilot had to be fixed by me. I can't stand floating pilots. It was a lot of labor and I wouldn't mind the labor if I was happy with the results but I wasn't. It was very difficult for me. There is probably a better way to do it than I did it that I don't know about. I won't do that again unless I can figure out a way to get better results. Even if MTH did not include the fixed pilots as part of the locomotive it would have been great if you could get the parts from them including the full length hand rails. I believe Atlas would convert their GPs and such but it had to be done by them so that meant sending them the locomotive and paying for the service.
@Mister_Lee I like your idea on a starter set.
