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up grading lionel to tmcc

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up grading lionel to tmcc
Posted by trainmanrock on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:09 AM

I am an electronic novice.  can I up grade any of these engines to tmcc? 6-31960 engine of Polar express set , 6-30002 diesel el capatan set, and 6-38624 berkshire.  If so what parts do I need and how do I do itt? Thanks

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Posted by locoi1sa on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:18 PM

  You may have a better outcome to your questions in the classic toy train forum. Click the home link next to the electronics and DCC link near the top of this page. Or try this link. While the main topic of this forum is electronics, most of us here are HO and N scale with a few narrow gauge and S scalers.

http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/default.aspx?groupid=5

  While I had grown up with Lionel I have not owned any or worked on them in 30 years. The ones I had either had the wire in the motor brush to change direction or the old E- unit solenoid. They also had the smoke bulb with the dish to hold the pellet. I never used it though. You couldn't beat that Magnatraction for finding any stray piece of metal near the rails.

        Pete

 I pray every day I break even, Cause I can really use the money!

 I started with nothing and still have most of it left!

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Posted by jeffrey-wimberly on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:03 PM

locoi1sa

  While I had grown up with Lionel I have not owned any or worked on them in 30 years.

Same here pretty much. Haven't run any in 45 years.

Running Bear, Sundown, Louisiana
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