A couple years back, I got a Cary lead S-2/S-4 body, and made a nice custom chassis for it using a coreless motor with a gear head, a chain drive, and bevel gear system to power all the axles. It runs very nicely!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNS56Qe-qpw
That sat around for a while, and now I've finally gotten around to detailing and painting it!
The only details I added that weren't included were the grab irons. I also wired in directional lights. As for the paint, I went with PRR because it's easy!
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Had one of those Cary bodies on an Athearn chassis - between the weight of that lead body and the traction of the sintered iron wheels, it was unstoppable. Probably could drag a brick across the floor.
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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Yes! "Interesting" is certainly an operative word. I'll add "very", also.
I've been working on a Hobbytown low-speed switcher, and it appears to have close to the same speed reduction. I decided to leave off the flywheel, so as to gain room for this-and-that (speaker, keep-alive, decoder).
I am indeed impressed that the chain drive can be so quiet. VERY interesting.
I do note that Cary was not averse to widening their bodies beyond the prototype. I felt I had to dump my Cary SW1500 shell because of that. I am currently using a (much lighter) Kato NW2 shell instead.
Those trucks (on the subject model) are indeed intriguing. Neat!!
Ed
Darth,Well done! I watched your video and will say that's my type of switcher nice and slow..
Larry
Conductor.
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