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RMT Beep Engines
Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 22, 2006 9:19 PM
i was thinking about picking up one of the Beep disels from ready made toys. i figure the price is right and it is just the right size foir my small yard. i was wondering if anyone else has picked one up and what they thought. also how do they handle on lionel 031 and 072 switches?
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Posted by jefelectric on Sunday, January 22, 2006 9:29 PM
Mine works just fine through MTH realtrax switches. Doesn't have a lot of pulling power but it will handle a few cars. There is an aftermarket kit available to add TMCC which I am thinking of installing.

John
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Posted by Dr. John on Sunday, January 22, 2006 9:50 PM
They should do just fine on O31 curves and O72 switches. The early releases of the Beep had a few problems with O27 curves due to limited coupler swing. This has been corrected on current runs. I have one of the earlier runs and was able to correct the coupler swing problem with some judicious filing.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 22, 2006 10:10 PM
john,
do you know how much the tmcc kit costs?
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 22, 2006 11:16 PM
Look up electricrr.com. He makes a beep tmcc compatible set up . It's basically a plug in install. It's about 50 bucks I've got 4 or five of them with tmcc.

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