If your Loco was on " Trade Me" here in NZ Chuck,it would probably sell for $350 - $400NZD, about US$320+.  An old broken "Big Hauler" 4-6-0 with lotsa parts missing and no Tender Trucks went for. wait for it! NZ$153. last week.
     If your Diesel has LGB Sound it would get a really good price here. G Scale stuff is hard to get here so its a Seller's Market for sure.

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                          Dave

                     

You don't need a magnet Bill, just a small lump of rubber or wood or whatever, fastened to the sleepers where you want the Whistle to sound off. Make sure it is'nt higher than the Rails or it can cause an uncoupling problem if any of your couplers are a bit on the saggy side.
               Cheers

                       Dave

They do produce WP&Y Trains. I have some here in good ole New Zealand.

                        Dave

Sounds like a CMI sound board. I have one in my R/C Annie. The spring underneath is to trigger the whistle. There is also a volume control and Chuff rate control as well. Make sure both are about half way and also the battery needs to be at least 9volt. I have had mine for about 10 years and it is still chuffin away. By todays standards its a bit of a farmyard unit . You could replace it with a "My Loco" board which has a bit more grunt  and a lot smaller.     
               Cheers

                      Dave

Would like to say thanks to Bill for sending me the details on installing the R/C in an Annie.
  It was most valuable.

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                        Dave

Bill an Jeff,
               Thanks for the info.  I am converting my Annie to R/C Battery and I like the look of the lights being on when the Loco is not moving, hence the need to wire the Headlight and rear marker lights directly to the Battery. The Back-up light will be wired to the ESC via a Diode. I have an old Sound board with a whistle ,that I will activate using a small servo and small push button switch. The sound board is voltage controlled and that will be wired directly to the output of the ESC. The R/C gear is a 2 Channel, 2.4 GHZ set that I brought on "Trade Me"for $31. It all came with TX an RX, Servo, Li-po Battery an Charger and ESC. A bit of a bargain for me, I thought.  I did'nt use Revo Gear as its not available here for less than $300 - $400. A bit expensive for now.

I am converting my Annie to R/C and need to get to the sound connection under the Firebox. I am going to use it for constant directional lighting. Any ideas on the best way to access the plug board would be greatly appreciated.

                      Cheers

                         Dave
                         Waikino
                         New Zealand

Nope, The Bah-man will be disguised as a Sheep!

Thanks for the Info Bill.  I have just sent an E'mail to the service Dept regarding the problem.  I also noticed a replacement G'box for sale at $20, a bargain for me, but I'm not sure if it is the right one. Hopefully the Service Dept will put me straight on that one.

                          Cheers

                                  Dave

Gidday Bill,
                 I have a 90015 set as well but i don't run it now as the Gearbox whines fairly loudly and can be heard over the top of the sound. I would like to get a replacement gearbox, but where from, I don't know.  It would be great to Double Head it with my " Annie " .

                          Cheers

                                     Dave
                                      Waikino

I run my 2Truck Shay around 6ft diameter curves with no problems but anything smaller can put added risk to the drive shafts popping out.

Thanks for the replies Kevin and Bill.  Yes, the cost of goods in NZ is quite high and the exchange rate of 77c in the $1 adds another 25% on the cost of importing Train related gear from the US,plus postage, a bit beyond the realms of most people. I purchased a 2 Truck Shay about 18months ago, from Trainworld, and it ended up costing a tad over NZ$400. The same Loco would sell on the open market here for at least NZ$650.
  Track is virtually unobtainable, and when it is,people want $15/ft. Hence my Railway is not finished for the want of 20ft of flex track.
   I guess its a case of supply and demand,we only have a population of just over 4 million so we don't have the demand for high quantities of Garden Railway products and this reflects on the prices.  The upside is, this is a lovely country to live in and I enjoy my Model Railways, I must do, been doing it for 50 years.

                   Cheers to all

                      Dave

Bill,
   Many thanks for your advice. It has answered quite a few questions for me. I am toying with the option of a 1.3ah sealed lead acid battery @ $35 or the other option is 10 NI-MH batteries @ $6.50 each. They are AA @ 2500mah. It looks like a price over weight decision. I am leaning towards the AA batteries as i can squeeze them into the Tender with the R/C gear and a simple sound board. I can also use the same Tender with a Pearce 2-6-0 live steamer that a friend has lent to me for an indefinite period. I hope he forgets about it. I wish.

                   Regards

                          Dave

What about coming to New Zealand,We have Train Shows here as well.

                  Cheers

                      Dave

Greetings from New Zealand, Hope you all had a nice start to the New Year.
      I am going to put R/C in my " Annie" and am wondering if 12volts is enough to get a reasonable speed ,pulling 3 J S Coaches around 8ft curves, and up 3% grades and so forth.
I'm always open to advice so if anyone can help me here I sure would appreciate it.

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                           Dave in Waikino