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This is what I like.  I found old C&O # 2307 languishing on eBay.  I don't usually go for these old Athearns but I didn't want it to end up like its sister.... <img src="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/co2306aga_zps73a6e287.jpg" alt=" " /> So I called up some investors and we managed to come up with the $18 needed to keep 2307 from the scrap heap. Luckily she had seen very little use....almost like new.  The elements had been very kind. But the technology was old.....no solid state motor controls here.  But we began the rewiring.  Isolate the motor.  Add right track pickups. <img src="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/DSC04579-1000_zps5d78953d.jpg" alt=" " />   Left track pickup is from the frame, so we needed to drill and tap a hole for a good pickup wire....   <img src="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/DSC04581-1000_zps51499736.jpg" alt=" " /> <img src="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/DSC04582-1000_zps769d2c89.jpg" alt=" " /> <img src="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/DSC04585-1000_zps73e85c53.jpg" alt=" " /> Keeping with our policy of going cheap and recycling we swapped out the old bulbs for bright new LEDs broken out of a dollar store light.....rather bright and blueish, but no extra cost....maybe we can run them on dim.  Set the lights right up to the lenses in epoxy...easier to postion than guessing where to put them on the light board. <img src="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/DSC04577-1000_zpsd3558b56.jpg" alt=" " />   C&O neglected to put rear lights in this old loco....let's add one. <img src="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/DSC04578-1000_zps9c559b74.jpg" alt=" " />   Add a light shield for the cab from the scrap plastic box..... <img src="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/DSC04597-1000_zps48fc063d.jpg" alt=" " />   Now lets recycle an old Bachmann Standard line decoder from the junk drawer....snap off the ends a bit for more room. <img src="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/DSC04596-1000_zpsdc4cd18a.jpg" alt=" " /> <img src="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/DSC04586-1000_zps9f953659.jpg" alt=" " />   Luckily our soldering is more precise than our photography ! <img src="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/DSC04588-1000_zps255cc3ae.jpg" alt=" " />   Ok.  Now have the boys push it out onto the programming track from the shop.....all is good. <img src="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/DSC04589-1000_zps33bcb533.jpg" alt=" " />   So fire it up and run it around a bit. <img src="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/DSC04595-1000_zps782cad5b.jpg" alt=" " />   Now, with lights connected and shell back on......add new couplers and test the height....run around some more. <img src="http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u172/dcrane_2007/DSC04599-1000_zps09aba1c7.jpg" alt=" " />   Well, that's nice.  Rescued, recycled some odds and ends and add a new loco to the roster.  We didn't have a Chessie before, nor this model of U-boat.  It is actually quite smooth, if not whisper quiet.   But that is expected.
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