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      Can the Trainsounds module #6911SNDGST (from a Lionel 6-36847 Polar Express Steam Sounds Tender) be put into a #36938688t01 tender from a Lionel rtr 0-8-0 steam loco starter set?

      I know it would also involve adding the #36253664303 switch/spdt/minature/-9/32" and #6918040T41 POT/10 ohms/audio volume control but what about the #691PCB1071 PCB/ HALL sensor? Would that sensor also be part of the install? Does it activate/sync the chuff sounds? Would it be needed for what I'd want to do?

      The #36208613340 original mounting bracket/sound board from the o-8-0's tender would need to be removed, but could I keep the 0-8-0's original PCB/Steam Whistle (#691CSNDAS1)? What would happen when whistle and bell buttons on a CW-80 are activated? Which whistle would sound - the one from the Polar Express or the one from the 0-8-0 or neither? 

  • Is this conversion/mode feasible?
  • Is there enough space within the Strasburg tender to do this?
  • Has anyone successfully tried this for a Lionel 0-8-0 starter set steam loco tender?
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Originally Posted by mmone:

Kenn, I was thinking of going to same route, with upgrading my tender with trainsounds too. How did your upgrade go.

Mike, have not yet tackled the mod I started this thread with but did a much simpler one for the tender on my Lionel rtr Strasburg RR starter set.

 

I was able to snag a new  Lionel O 6-30200 New York Central Flyer Freight Train Set with RailSounds for $209 which has a tender identical to the Strasburg tender. So mod was accomplished by merely unscrewing the screws at ends of both tenders, swapping the tender shells and rescrewing them. A few minutes total time invested and aside from now having RailSounds for my Strasburg set which is definitely better than TrainSounds since it's two channel vs. single channel audio, I figure if I sell off the items in the NYC set seperately I'll break even cost-wise or possibly even make a few bucks. A definite win-win situation.

 

Now if I find there's a Lionel tender identical to the Polar Express rtr set one that has RailSounds then I'll do the same thing again rather than the more complicated mod I mentioned in starting this thread. So, if anyone reading this knows of a Lionel set tender identical to the P.E. one except for it's shell roadname and that it also has RailSounds, please email me. Thanks.

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