MTH PRR LS25m, Revisited

nice job of modeling!

Thanks Tom! Maybe if I'm ambitious enough I'll finish it tonight. It seems to be struggling with my #5 x-overs. It would be nice to find flanged wheelsets to replace the dummies on the inboard axles.

I doubt I'll extend the handrails at this point. I have way too much other stuff to do..

Very nice work. I have a few cars I need to do that with. Just an off topic question. What are you going to do with the PS2 you took out>?

Awesome!

Thx guys. Mike, right now the PS2 parts are all tied up neatly and stored in an anti-static bag. I figure this engine could be restored to PS2 if I wanted to run DCS someday. I got to run the engine briefly in conventional mode and it worked fine.

Thanks, if you decide to part with it, Please let me know!

Keep us in the loop or the ride height.  I have a few MTH non-powered units that I'd like to lower.

BTW... Were they repowered?  One thing that I want to is to change the sound set in one of my locos to represent one that has been repowered.  For example, the NYC PBs were repowered with EMD prime movers... Since I have an Lionel NYC PB, with RailSounds, upgrading it to a modern sound set and an EMD prime mover should be pretty easy.

With the ERR boards you've added, I doubt they have a Lima (Hamilton) sound set.  So if they were repowered, a more readily available EMD sound set is a good choice.

Since these were twin engine diesels, perhaps two RailSounds boards, perhaps running a Baldwin (from a Shark) and an Alco (Alco S2) would be a close approximation to the turbo 4-stroke, inline eight cylinder diesels in these Limas.

Just some ideas...

Thanks,

Mario

Mario, I don't go that crazy with sounds. I just used an Alco sound set that ERRCo had available. I really have no idea what Lima would have used for a horn on this beast. I'm sure the dual prime movers must have sounded pretty unique. I meant to find my Stauffer's books to see if there was any more info on these engines but I didn't get to it last night.

It looks so cool.  

This makes me want to unleash my MTH Centipedes since need to convert them over to Kadees anyway. Those were my last EOB project I think. I even kept the smoke units in them and bought the hardware from TAS to light them all off at the same time.

Good news... you don't have to fix the pilot!

Has anyone out there ever installed flanged wheels on the inboard axles? I was poking around on MTH's site for part numbers but had no luck. 

Also looking for suggestions on a good wheel puller. I see some on eBay but have yet to get one.

This engine really can't make a dual #5 crossover without the trucks flopping over and derailing. 

Norm, I swapped out the inboard axles on my MTH PA, and I can get some pictures for you.

I actually used a faucet puller from ACE hardware to pull the old plastic wheels off and install a spare wheel set from a old Lionel GP.  I remember the only issue was that this axle floats, allowed to move up and down freely.  So I had drilled a hole in the block and inserted a spring to hold the axle down so it wouldn't ride up and over the rails in curves.  It works awesome!

Thanks,

Mario

Oh yeah, there's that too. They are not riding in a bearing but a vertical slot. Hmm. I think the newer issues have all the wheels flanged but I'm not sure.

I'll get you some pictures when I get home...

Thanks,

Mario

Norm,

Very nice.  I am envious of your work and patience.

The Pennsy transfer diesel is really neat.  I converted mine to TMCC and EOB years ago.

Norm Rish

Hey Norm,

Nice job bashing that PRR transfer diesel.  It looks familiar!!  

Glad to see you are having some fun with it!

Just drilled a hole in the block, and inserted a spring.