Lionel LionChief Plus 2.0 4-6-4 Hudson FRONT electrocoupler??

You would have to fabricate it yourself. Hard enough to put one on a scale Hudson let alone a semi scale one. Besides having to cut a big hole in the pilot, the front wheelset would likely have to be eliminated.

Pete

@Norton posted:

You would have to fabricate it yourself. Hard enough to put one on a scale Hudson let alone a semi scale one. Besides having to cut a big hole in the pilot, the front wheelset would likely have to be eliminated.

Pete

Thanks Pete.  Scratch that idea.

John

Catch 22, even though the board might have the connector, there is a chance the LCP2 firmware does NOT support front coupler. I would test by moving the wiring and rear connector first to the front socket, make sure it can be activated.

@Vernon Barry posted:

@Craftech posted:

Thanks Pete.  Scratch that idea.

John

You could still probably use this dummy coupler for double heading.

Pete

I added a front electro coupler to my Warhorse J back in 1998. Cut a slot in the front and used the shell mounting screw to mount it. Connected it to the board in the engine. Worked great. Don’t give up on your project, do some research and make it happen!

I also added a backup light to the tender. All of the connections were there to use on the original boards. I would do as advised and test the rear coupler with the front coupler connection. 👍🏻

If double heading, I’d use the dummy coupler like Pete suggested, if the engine you’re coupling to has a coil coupler, use it to let go of the dummy, …….far less invasive to use the dummy with the tongue slot, ……

Pat

@N&W 1218 posted:

I added a front electro coupler to my Warhorse J back in 1998. Cut a slot in the front and used the shell mounting screw to mount it. Connected it to the board in the engine. Worked great. Don’t give up on your project, do some research and make it happen!

I also added a backup light to the tender. All of the connections were there to use on the original boards. I would do as advised and test the rear coupler with the front coupler connection. 👍🏻

Your J is a scale engine with extended pilot. John’s is essentially a post war 2046. John could do this if he hung the whole coupler off the front of the pilot. There just isn’t any room to mount it in position its in on the prototype.

Pete

The Warhorse wasn't scale Pete, it was a postwar 746 clone sold with a weathering job.  But I agree with your advice and Pat's.  It would be a very tight fit, the wires have to clear the front truck flanges, etc.  If Craftech (John) really wants to doublehead, a dummy coupler is probably the best way to do it.

Thanks for clearing that up TedS! It was and is the old 746 shell and Pullmore motor engine. If you’re gonna use this engine as a “switcher” then go for the electro, if you’re gonna just doublehead then go with the dummy. 😎

"ElectroCouplers ™ on tender"

Jon

@KOOLjock1 posted:

"ElectroCouplers ™ on tender"

Jon

I see that down below although that should actually be "ElectroCoupler on tender".

At the top when you look at the page it merely says

Electro Couplers

http://www.lionel.com/products...-hudson-675-2232020/

But yeah, if you buy it from a vendor and the vendor doesn't include all information, as a consumer I guess it is the consumer's responsibility to thoroughly investigate everything at the mfg website to verify that everything is at it appears and not the mfg to make it clear.    I suppose that means reading Electro Couplers at the top,  reading Electrocouplers on tender at the bottom, and finally dropping the plural to know what you are buying. 

John