Hi Kenneth,
Go to WWW blue-star-train.de to what they have done with dilivering food.
Tom
Tom Eichler
Well I purchased the replacement drive motor for my starter set locomotive and installed it. The locomotive is up and running like new again.
Ken Finch
Well I had my first fatality running my train set. I setup my starter kit steamer with it's tender and four lighted coaches going around the layout fine. I left it running at about half speed for a few hours. Then I fell asleep for the night. I woke up at 4:30am this morning and heard the engine puffing away. But then I noticed it was puffing away sound wise and the lights were running but the train was standing still. I turned off the throttle and checked everything. No derailment no track blockages nothing. When I picked up the engine I noticed the bottom was very hot and I smelled a hot electrical and hot grease smell coming from the bottom of the engine. So I disassembled the engine and extracted the drive motor. A bearing on one side of the armature had failed thus disabling the drive motor. So the steamer is out of commission until a replacement is available from LGB at my local hobby store.
You are welcome.
Thanks Ken. I will give it a try.
I used two small gauge wires to connect directly to the LGB Ball Bearing Wheel power pickups in parallel with the wires going to the LED light.
Ken,
Neat idea with the capacitor. I have a couple of Bachmann coaches that could benefit from your idea. Can you show me where you hooked this up?
I have decided to split my cars up between the Santa Fe Steamer and the DB Diesel. The Santa Fe Steamer will be a passenger train and the DB Diesel will a freight train. So I will put all the freight cars and the lighted caboose on the DB Diesel. And the Santa Fe will get the lighted carriages. I have a 4 axle flatbed, 3 2 axle box cars and a 2 axle lighted caboose for the freight train. For the passenger train I have 3 lighted carriages with passengers. I will be getting another carriage tomorrow with more passengers for it. I already have the LGB Ball Bearing Wheel Set with Power Pickups and a white LED for it to light it up. That will give me four lighted coaches for my Santa Fe Steamer. Later on I will get a fifth coach and lighting parts and passengers to complete the passenger train. As far as the freight train goes later on I will pick up a crane car to complete the freight train. Then I will see about getting more track for when I setup outside.
thanks for the pic
I have n scale and G scale
Here is a link to a post with some photos of my steam train on the first page and on the third page is pictures of my LGB #2051 S Diesel Locomotive.
http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?151012-New-to-G-Scale-Model-Railroading!/page1
I would love to see some pics please
Will be picking up soon a LGB #2051 used Diesel with sound from my local hobby shop to add to my setup.
try online you may be able to fine Bud truck complete with case's of bottles the larger the truck the more bottles ( that's 1 ton and up ) they are 1/24 scale. the manufacture 's name slips my mind . darn old age.....
Dave
The head is gray, hands don't work , back is weak, legs give out, eyes are gone, money go's and my wife still love's Me.
Added a capacitor to each of the lighted coaches to prevent flickering. Waiting for the LGB Ball Bearing Wheel kit to arrive to light up my last coach and also will add a capacitor to that coach as well and then my complete train will be on metal wheels. Then all I need are more seated passengers for the coaches and some beer bottles and cases for my beer cars.
when will we see pics of your set up?
When I read about the evils of drinking I quit reading.
Well I picked up another set of spoke metal wheels and two sets of solid metal wheels for my train set. The spoke set is for my Nestle car and the two solid sets are for my 4 axle flat car. I also picked up another used LGB #3 passenger coach in beige and orange. I will be adding LGB Ball Bearing Wheels and a LED as soon as my hobby shop gets them back in stock.
Well I upgraded to a LGB 6 Amp Transformer, picked up some Ball Bearing Wheel Sets and LEDs to light up my coaches. Also picked up a used LGB 20020 Fortuna Flyer for my kids. Cleaned it up and the kids love running it on the track.
Well last Tuesday I picked up the fencing kit to finish off my Noch Z scale briefcase layout. I also picked up 7 figures (4 seated, two standing and one walking) for my coaches. I also picked up a Bachmann Track Tools Kit and detailed my locomotive, tender and caboose with that kit. I also picked up the last full box of 10000 R1 straight tracks. But when I am ready the hobby shop has stock of used tracks that just needs cleaning from being stored in a unheated shed, the brass rails are tarnished but in good condition. They will give me a good price on it because they know I will have to spend time cleaning it up before I can use it. By the end of this summer I want to have 12 complete boxes of 10000 R1 straights and 12 complete boxes of 11000 R1 curves. I currently have 4 complete boxes of straights and 3 complete boxes of curves. I also want to get some more track magnets and more manual R1 turnout left and rights probably 2 more of each. If my LGB 1 AMP Transformer becomes no longer powerful enough for the larger layout then I will replace it with the older Lionel 18V AC 40VA Transformer I have on my N scale layout and use the LGB 1 AMP Transformer for the N scale layout. I also ordered more LGB Ball Bearing Wheelsets. Over time I am going to replace all the plastic wheelsets with LGB Ball Bearing Wheelsets to have the least amount of rolling resistance to prolong the life of my locomotives gears and motor. Also metal wheels look better as well.
Kenneth Finch
That is a beautiful Live Steam Locomotive for sure. Congratulations. I am just starting out and not building a outdoor layout. I setup my G scale and take it down currently. I just bought 4 painted seated passengers and put them in my red coach. I also bought some tools and glued them on my Locomotive, tender and caboose for a more realistic look. Asked my local hobby shop to see about getting more passengers for my coaches. Also picked up the fencing for my Noch Z scale briefcase layout and finished it off and closed off that layout as finished.
Sounds like you have a great start in G scale. Here is a pic of my engine to give you some food for thought, its a Roundhouse Lady Anne that I built from a kit(can also be bought RTR and RC controled), it burns butane gas to create steam. No need for any power on the track. I, like you, started with all LGB stuff but moved away from track power once I put up a perminant outdoor layout. I run live steam only at the moment but plan to get a diesel that will have onboard battery control in the future. I also model in the smaller scales, but only have a small HO/OO layout now thats mostly for testing models I have repaired for others. My main interest is in UK/European style narrow gauge trains. This engine looks stunning pulling my LGB blue/cream 2 axle passenger coaches ! Cheers Mike
Silly NT's, I have Asperger's Syndrome
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