Basic Question. How do I add Legacy Engines to my base?

LCS sensor track info on setup and required wiring (power Y cable) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSnQ_a0QzO8

Another video on the system https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo4kkYvznMU

Note, this ONLY works if the engine and system meets the following conditions:

#1 The engine is a Legacy engine with the IR transmitter. Not all have it.

#2 You have the sensor track connected to the Legacy base and powered.

#3 you have the sensor track programmed and the system is also programmed for update mode.

Otherwise, you are stuck doing the manual method.

@Vernon Barry posted:

Otherwise, you are stuck doing the manual method.

Which literally takes about a minute depending on your naming preference.

@Vernon Barry posted:

Otherwise, you are stuck doing the manual method.

Which works 100% of the time for Legacy and TMCC.

Don...I moved this to the correct forum since this is not a 3-rail scale topic.

@donhradio posted:

i have a large oval of 60 inch curves on the carpet.  I had to glue all the curves to each other so they would stay together.  About 7 straights in the long direction.

I assume you're using Fastrack - rather than gluing pieces together, you should use small binder clips to hold two sections together and keep them from coming apart.

Photo courtesy of GRJ ..

@Richie C. posted:

I assume you're using Fastrack - rather than gluing pieces together, you should use small binder clips to hold two sections together and keep them from coming apart.

Photo courtesy of GRJ ..

Off topic (kind of), but I do appreciate @gunrunnerjohn's tips and tricks that he posts from time to time.  Thank you, John.

Thanks guys.  I think I got the engine added as a legacy engine.  When you are entering it's name, is there any way to add a number such as - NYC J3A ?

I ordered some small/mini binder clips, about 100.  Hopefully they are small enough to do the job!

@donhradio posted:

When you are entering it's name, is there any way to add a number such as - NYC J3A ?

Sure, you enter them directly on the keypad.

@gunrunnerjohn posted:

Sure, you enter them directly on the keypad.

Doesn't the alphabet appear on the screen and you scroll with the throttle knob and select the letters and numbers?

@RickO posted:

Doesn't the alphabet appear on the screen and you scroll with the throttle know and select the letters and numbers?

Guess again.   Note the keypad when I'm entering the name.  The numbers don't appear in the list on the main display, they intend them to be entered directly, it's faster.

Hi, Don ..!

Some good info here.  Hope all is well!

Hey RT,

The knee is slowly getting better.  I start 1 hour PT sessions in about 2 weeks.  Had all my in home therapy.  I can actually kneel down.   Problem is that it is very difficult to get up standing again.  Wow, though it is great to have the joint pain gone!

I have more than 1000 yes, one thousand boxes.  I actually found a five inch track section, and a new LCS box.  I added them already to the circle.  Running a fancy NYC J3A around the oval.  Some might consider it boring, but after 12 years of not being allowed to run trains, it is great!  Sometimes it is hard to realize this is MY home, and I get to do what I want, WHERE I want!   :-)

Hi Don,

You have a great attitude!  This hobby has so many ways of enjoying it. I like your style on buying the engines and worrying about the layout later.  For the longest time, all I could afford was the catalog, aka the Dream Book.  Hopefully, you will be in a position soon to build a more permanent layout. Best, Dave 

Dave,

As I unpack and store the contents of the boxes I have a totally finished room in my basement 27 by 25.  The real layout will reside there,  Of course I have to get some boxes empty and their contents sorted and put where they will belong.  So I am planning on a layout about 22 feet by 12 feet,  I want to use the largest curves I can, so large engines and 21 " passenger cars look good going through the curves.  The room has a very nice carpet, and real 1/4" solid oak paneling. (might be layers of veneer, but it is all oak) I am hoping by summer to start laying the bench work. Right now the room is half empty.  I have too many trains, so I am hoping to sell a lot to someone like Train-Z.  I have just about 100 modern engines, then some pre-war, and a few postwar. The room is about half empty already.

Maybe I should try selling on the forum first.

@donhradio posted:

Maybe I should try selling on the forum first.

Whatcha' Got?

"Hey RT,

The knee is slowly getting better.  I start 1 hour PT sessions in about 2 weeks.  Had all my in home therapy.  I can actually kneel down.   Problem is that it is very difficult to get up standing again.  Wow, though it is great to have the joint pain gone!"

Sounds great, Don!  Have fun with those trains in YOUR space!