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You did not mention the brand name of the engine, so my suggestion ise for Athearn models since they are one of the few that used to be available non powered. <br /> <br />It may be difficult, but try and locate a pair of trucks from a similar powered engine. Remove the operating gears and use the power pick up points to connect to the lights. I did the same thing some years ago to put a Modeltronics sound unit in a dummy Athearn GP-9. These older sound units had a circuit board that half filled the body, and I still had to place the speaker somewhere. The biggest problem is as I noted, finding a pair of power trucks these days, as I don't think the Athearn parts pipeline is that effective as it was when Walthers sold their line. <br /> <br />Bob Boudreau
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