New Addition to my RS3

[wmwalker]

Just got this addition to my RS3 Fleet. A good friend of mine had this Lionel RS4/3 that had a lot of issues and he gave it to me so I gutted it out and make a really nice dummy unit.

[phillyreading]

Looks like a nice engine, maybe you could have gutted just the electronics and made it a one direction engine by putting in a bridge rectifier as most model train motors are DC can motors. It's your decision though.

Lee F.

[wmwalker]

 Lee
Well the motor shaft was broken off and the gears on the one truck drive were gone and it would have to much to redo and anyway i just wanted a dummy unit so it worked out perfect for me.

[phillyreading]

Wyatt,

Seems that you did the best you could with the older engine, as I didn't know what might be wrong with it. But with gears or motor shaft broken then the best thing was to make it a dummy unit.

Lee F.

[r0gruth]

Wyatt,

They look great together.
A lot of railroads would run those nose to nose,with both cabs facing each other.
I never saw the SAL when they were running Alcos but I did see the L&N do that.

You might also be able to wire some light into the dummy.

Have fun.

[silver69]

Looks really good on the layout