What parts are needed to add command and railsounds to this engine. Are the parts available?
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Grow up. If you need to attract attention by putting others down please consider excusing yourself from this forum.
One of the recommended parts is 22960
i was trying to learn the other part number
Thank you
it’s going to drive the collectibles series that Lionel created into a price depression. The parts might become worth more then selling the engine.
I upgraded a few of the early gp’s. Are you saying these didn’t take the standard rs
upgrade being offered at the time? Opps - Just got it - the pub motherboard had no allocation for both rs board and rs power supply? Weird.
If you are able to attend York, the kits show up sometime.
@Windy City posted:What parts are needed to add command and railsounds to this engine. Are the parts available?
I have all the parts you need, drop me an email.
@Windy City posted:What parts are needed to add command and railsounds to this engine. Are the parts available?
Remember that the electronics configuration in this loco (and its twin, the 6-52197) is unique.
The TMCC upgrade portion is straightforward -- remove the modular 104E reverse unit and install an R2LC.
But the sounds weren't designed to be upgradeable, with the one-piece SignalSounds board in there now. Adding RailSounds can certainly be done (RailSounds 2.5 system or a new motherboard and modular RS3/RS4 boards) but it's more involved than simply adding the two boards from the upgrade kit.
TRW
Good point, does the RS2 board work with command operation?
RailSounds 2 boards do work with TMCC, but two of the six versions have PICs that won't recognize the commands. You really don't want to use these -- they're really big, and all the connections are hard-wired, which makes them a pain to work with.
RailSounds 2.5 boards are also TMCC compatible, and I can only think of one PIC (from a RailSounds Christmas sound car) that doesn't recognize TMCC commands. These have all the usual Leoco/JST-EH connectors, are smaller in size, and much easier to work with. Most of the TMCC-equipped Geeps in the mid-1990s came with these boards before graduating to the modular RailSounds 3/4 system in 1998.
TRW
