Jeroen - yours is one most clever and also beautiful solution ... [:p][^]

Unfortunately not at the moment. Even if I have received my Uhlenbrock decoders at last, I had no time to begin the conversion of my BUDD RDC and my 0-8-0. For my FA-2/FB-2 tandem, I think that I will simply add an unpowered F7B in third position. This-one will be made of Märklin frame and trucks with a Highliner shell. The F7B will be fitted with the slider and decoder. So I will avoid the traction problem that you have got.

Can this be applicable to you ?

On the other hand, I have checked on my Brawa GP30 (which is actually a modified Proto 2000 model); only one truck is powered just like your locomotive but two traction tires have been added, one on each side and one on each axle. Maybe this will this solve your problem. Let us know.

Pierre.

I second Pierre.

Great cars and rolling stock you have Jeroen!

Nice video , I could download it to my office computer, which has a fast connection but unfortunately no sound.

Hans Martin

Nice video but no sound at all.

Excellent deal, Jeroen - congratulations [:p][:p][:p] !!!

Have fun ,
John

Nice conversion of your Trix (?) PA-1, congratulations.

The white LED is a real improvement as compared to the yellow one [:p].

I did also make a few experiments with white LEDs on my Amtrak F7. However, I did not get a completely satisfactory result yet as the light appeared too blue (allthough using warm white LEDs), but the light colour from your LED is perfect.

Hans Martin

Nice fleet, Jeroen ... BTW, all of your headlight colors are great [:p]

Your three loks in the picture are looking pretty awesome Jeroen .
Top thread.[:p]

Good work, Jeroen

Jeroen,
My GHan has Lamps but I am going to replace them with LEDs.
THe F7 Has Lamps and am undecided either to leave as Lamps or LEDs.
N

Coolness, Jeroen - now we've got a time machine [:p][:p][:p] !!!
And thanks for those great old ads. Do really love them ...

Any news about your UP fleet, Jeroen [:p]

Jeroen - your Big Boy tale of woe brought to mind an old poem about Paddy, an Irish bricklayer. It's not MMR but it may give you something to smile about. Here it is

Dear Sir I write this note to you to tell you of my plight
For at the time of writing I am not a pretty sight
My body is all black and blue, my face a deathly grey
And I write this note to say why Paddy's not at work today.

Whilst working on the fourteenth floor,some bricks I had to clear
To throw them down from such a height was not a good idea
The foreman wasn't very pleased, the bloody awkward sod
He said I had to cart them down the ladders in my hod.

Now clearing all these bricks by hand, it was so very slow
So I hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below
But in my haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
That a barrel full of building bricks was heavier than me.

And so when I untied the rope, the barrel fell like lead
And clinging tightly to the rope I started up instead
I shot up like a rocket till to my dismay I found
That half way up I met the bloody barrel coming down.

Well the barrel broke my shoulder, as to the ground it sped
And when I reached the top I banged the pulley with my head
I clung on tightly, numb with shock, from this almighty blow
And the barrel spilled out half the bricks, fourteen floors below.

Now when these bricks had fallen from the barrel to the floor
I then outweighed the barrel and so started down once more
Still clinging tightly to the rope, my body racked with pain
When half way down, I met the bloody barrel once again.

The force of this collision, half way up the office block
Caused multiple abrasions and a nasty state of shock
Still clinging tightly to the rope I fell towards the ground
And I landed on the broken bricks the barrel scattered round.

I lay there groaning on the ground I thought I'd passed the worst
But the barrel hit the pulley wheel, and then the bottom burst
A shower of bricks rained down on me, I hadn't got a hope
As I lay there bleeding on the ground, I let go the bloody rope.

The barrel then being heavier then started down once more
And landed right across me as I lay upon the floor
It broke three ribs, and my left arm, and I can only say
That I hope you'll understand why Paddy's not at work today.

@Hal: my plight dwindles in comparison

@John: It seems to be a law of nature that, irrespective of one's dwellings, the number of rooms is always one short

Jeroen

Congratulations, Jeroen - the Gas Turbine definitely is a must ...
Good luck with your conversion [:p]

I constantly do miss your wonderful topic cos it's not in the HO-forum [:I]

Life-Like and Athearn four-axle engines can be converted easily for Märklin.

Take a Brawa pickup shoe #2225 and replace the original RP25 wheels with the wheels of a Brawa V100 (of an AC version, of course). That way means you can keep all four driven axles. I have several GP engines which have been converted that way, and they run fine.

I think the same way of conversion should be possible for Athearn’s F7s too, allthough I haven’t tried it yet. They have a UP F7 for a good price, so why paying high prices for an old used Märklin UP F7 which just isn’t as rare as many think.

Regards,
Florian

Hi Florian

Thanks for the conversion details. I have been wanting to buy some Athearn SD & GP locomotives but did not knew how to convert to C-track.

I have a few questions, will you please assist me with answers if you are able to?

Looks like you fitted a normal Marklin relex coupler (72060) to the loco, is this correct?
Did you have to modify the coupler pockets on the Athearn loco (for the relex couplers to fit
)?

I assume you fitted you own decoder to the locomotive, i.e. ESU of simmilar, is this correct?

Will you try to get the part numbers for those brass gears from your fellow club member?

Do you know what the part numbers are for those wheel sets form the Brawa V100?

Regards