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Discussion starter · #41 ·
Well I picked up another set of spoke metal wheels and two sets of solid metal wheels for my train set. The spoke set is for my Nestle car and the two solid sets are for my 4 axle flat car. I also picked up another used LGB #3 passenger coach in beige and orange. I will be adding LGB Ball Bearing Wheels and a LED as soon as my hobby shop gets them back in stock.


Ken Finch
 
Discussion starter · #42 ·
Added a capacitor to each of the lighted coaches to prevent flickering. Waiting for the LGB Ball Bearing Wheel kit to arrive to light up my last coach and also will add a capacitor to that coach as well and then my complete train will be on metal wheels. Then all I need are more seated passengers for the coaches and some beer bottles and cases for my beer cars.

Ken Finch
 
#43 ·
I am a bit concerned about running it via 2 car batteries, as you got potentially abot 1200 cold cranking amps hooked up to the throttle, 2 smaller rechargeble batteries might be a bit safer ... I might be just overcautious tho..
Kind regards michael
 
Discussion starter · #44 ·
I do not run my setup off of car batteries. I upgraded my transformer from the stock LGB 20V 1A transformer to the LGB 50111 20V 6A transformer. If I was to run my setup off of car batteries I would add inline to the throttle a 6A Inline Fuse to protect everything. I am now looking into adding a LGB kit which has a LGB MTS (DCC) Controller, a Train Mouse Handheld Controller and a MTS (DCC) German Diesel Green Switching Locomotive to my setup as a secondary consist to run for variety.

Ken Finch
 
Discussion starter · #45 ·
Will be picking up soon a LGB #2051 used Diesel with sound from my local hobby shop to add to my setup. Decided against the LGB Digital kit because it was a version 1 MTS system and quite limited in its features and serial communication verses the more modern parallel communication between the controller and the decoder.

Ken Finch
 
#48 ·
That light will also limit the voltage depending on load, the more current drawn, the lower the voltage available.
A resettable fuse (sometimes called polyfuse) would work better here in my opinion and is much smaller than the auto bulb, not made of glass, therefore not breakable.
 
#49 ·
My mother had a battery powered remote control g scale train
She would remove the train and cars nightly and replace them every
Morning in nice weather. Somehow when my brothers moved out two
years ago the track was taken or thrown out. Financially we can't
Replace the entire train. However the train is still here because it was in
a separate box. My children and I
Would love to replace her track as it was a sourse of great enjoyment for
Her. Please email me if you can help
Kindly
The handy family
 
Discussion starter · #50 ·
I have decided to split my cars up between the Santa Fe Steamer and the DB Diesel. The Santa Fe Steamer will be a passenger train and the DB Diesel will a freight train. So I will put all the freight cars and the lighted caboose on the DB Diesel. And the Santa Fe will get the lighted carriages. I have a 4 axle flatbed, 3 2 axle box cars and a 2 axle lighted caboose for the freight train. For the passenger train I have 3 lighted carriages with passengers. I will be getting another carriage tomorrow with more passengers for it. I already have the LGB Ball Bearing Wheel Set with Power Pickups and a white LED for it to light it up. That will give me four lighted coaches for my Santa Fe Steamer. Later on I will get a fifth coach and lighting parts and passengers to complete the passenger train. As far as the freight train goes later on I will pick up a crane car to complete the freight train. Then I will see about getting more track for when I setup outside.


Ken Finch
 
Discussion starter · #51 ·
Well I had my first fatality running my train set. I setup my starter kit steamer with it's tender and four lighted coaches going around the layout fine. I left it running at about half speed for a few hours. Then I fell asleep for the night. I woke up at 4:30am this morning and heard the engine puffing away. But then I noticed it was puffing away sound wise and the lights were running but the train was standing still. I turned off the throttle and checked everything. No derailment no track blockages nothing. When I picked up the engine I noticed the bottom was very hot and I smelled a hot electrical and hot grease smell coming from the bottom of the engine. So I disassembled the engine and extracted the drive motor. A bearing on one side of the armature had failed thus disabling the drive motor. So the steamer is out of commission until a replacement is available from LGB at my local hobby store.


Ken Finch
 
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