Climax questions

[gscaleguy]

I just picked up a used G scale Climax engine at a train show. It has no manual with it. I run remote control battery power. Dose this engine have a track/battery switch? Dose it have Sound. It has no road name or number, how old is it? any help would be great, thanks

[Loco Bill Canelos]

Gscale Guy,

The ones listed below are from the original 2000 run.
81178   LRL Co   2   2000   ~ Loco   Climax, 2 truck, Little River Logging Co.   P   1   L   Spectrum
81179   MML Co   4   2000   ~ Loco   Climax, 2 truck, Meadow Mt. Lumber      1   L   Spectrum
81180   P&CL Co   6   2000   ~ Loco   Climax, 2 truck, Pardee & Curtin   P   1   L   Spectrum
81181   None   None   2000   ~ Loco   Climax, 2 truck, unlettered, tapered struck   p   1   L   Spectrum
81182   MCL Co   4   2000   ~ Loco   Climax, 2 truck, Michigan, California      1   L   Spectrum
81183   NRL Co   4   2000   ~ Loco   Climax, 2 truck, New River Lumber   P   1   L   Spectrum
81184   ETL Co   7   2000   ~ Loco   Climax, 2 truck, Ely Thomas diamond stack   p   1   L   Spectrum
81185   None   None   2000   ~ Loco   Climax, 2 truck, unlettered, diamond struck      1   L   Spectrum

The ones below are from the 2011 run, some as noted had sound:

85093   CLLCo   6   2011   ~ Loco   1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Clear Lake Lumber Co      1      No Sound   $1,350.00    
85094   ERC&Lco   3   2011   ~ Loco   1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Elk River Coal & Lumber Co      1      No Sound   $1,350.00    
85095   Climax   2   2011   ~ Loco   1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Climax       1      No Sound   $1,350.00    
85096   BLCo   3   2011   ~ Loco   1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Bayside Lumber Co      1      No Sound   $1,350.00    
85097   None   None   2011   ~ Loco   1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Unlettred black white stripe      1      No Sound   $1,350.00    
85098   None   None   2011   ~ Loco   1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Unlettred black white stripe      1      No Sound   $1,350.00    Red windows White pin Stripes
86093   CLLCo   7   2011   ~ Loco   1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Clear Lake Lumber Co      1      DCC sound   $1,500.00    
86094   ERC&Lco   4   2011   ~ Loco   1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Elk River Coal & Lumber Co      1      DCC sound   $1,501.00    
86095   Climax   3   2011   ~ Loco   1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Climax       1      DCC sound   $1,502.00    
86096   BLCo   4   2011   ~ Loco   1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Bayside Lumber Co      1      DCC sound   $1,503.00    
86097   None   None   2011   ~ Loco   1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Unlettred black white stripe      1      DCC sound   $1,504.00    
86098   None   None   2011   ~ Loco   1:20.3 Climax 2 Trk Unlettred black white stripe      1      DCC sound   $1,505.00    Red windows White pin Stripes

None of the original run had sound.  This should at least let you figure out what you have.  Enjoy your new Climax!!!!

Loco Bill

[Kevin Strong]

Pull the load off the bunker on the rear. If it's got a largeish PC board sitting in there with a smaller one plugged into a socket, then it's the newer version. Also, if it's the new version, the sand bins on the back of the bunker will come off, revealing 4 control switches. One of them is track/battery.

If it's the new version with the DCC decoder, I'd recommend getting a Tam Valley Depot DRS1 Hi-Power receiver for it.

http://www.tamvalleydepot.com/products/drs1deadrailcomponents.html

You can then hook the battery directly to the DRS1, then hook the output of that board to the battery input on the Climax's PC board. Flip the switch to "battery," and you're feeding a generic DCC signal from the receiver to the already-installed decoder and you'll be off and running.

Later,

K