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[quote user="rrinker"]  You'll probably get a better response on the Classic Toy Trains forums, not too many hi-rail people here. I wasn't aware MTH sold the DCS boards for install, I thought the only way to get one was to buy an MTH loco. I'd also question the ability of them to drive an older Lionel wound field motor. The current draw I would suspect is way higher than the more modern motors in PS3 locos.                                              --Randy   <div style="clear:both;"> </div> [/quote] Maybe.. The last time I tried to ask a technical DCS/Legacy question, or a how to on installing modern electronics in a K-Line locomotive, I got nothing useful.  There was "one guy" who sometimes knows stuff, but on the whole, its not a very technical crowd.  YMMV Ive honestly considered ripping out all proprietary electronics from my MTH and Lionel locomotives and installing DCC/possibly LCC if something comes out.  Its a juggling act getting two dissimliar command control systems to play on the same layout.  Imagine if you had to use an Athearn control system for an Athearn locomotive, and an Atlas control system etc....  This is the state of things in the three rail side of the hobby, and it is tolerated and propetuated by the hobbyists..[banghead]
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