k=line. k=28881 ENGIN INFORMATION

[allanschoochoos]

HELP.... NEED MORE  INFORMATION ON A K=LINE...  SP E=8 DIESEL A=A BOTH POWER ENGINE WITH RAIL SOUNDS'  MODEL  K-2881

JUST GOT IT AT GARAGE SALE IN MINT IN BOX CONDITION....FOR JUST$40.00. AND LOOKS  FACTORY FRESH.... NOT A MARK ON HER.....AND RUNS LIKE HELL!!!

ONLY THING  I NEED IS OWNER MANUAL FOR IT ...A PHOTO COPY WILL DO.

WHAT WAS THE GOING PRICE FOR IT? IS COLLECTABLE?

WILL IT RUN ON THE LEGACY LIONEL  SYSTEM.?? IT HAS RAIL SOUNDS , I HAVE THE NEW ENGINES YOU JUST PLUG IN THE CHIP AND DOWN LOAD,HOW DO YOU DO IT WITH LIONEL RAIL SOUNDS.AND LEGACY

AND HOW OLD IS IT....   THANK TO ALL WHO REPLY TO  ME....ALLAN.... REACH ME AT    [e-mail]        FOR MANUAL DOWN LOAD

 

[Roger Bielen]

If it is command control it's TMCC.  Check the underside of the unit and see if there is a RUN/PROGRAM switch, if so it is TMCC.  To enter into your Legacy unit read the Legacy instruction manual.

[phillyreading]

You got a good bargain on the K-Line engines. If they have command control it will be TMCC, and they will act like a Lionel engine with TMCC will do with Legacy(from what I know about TMCC).

If it says TMCC ready, it don't have TMCC but has a connector plug-in to help install TMCC.

You say it has Railsounds; which version? Lionel or K-Line's? If it has K-Line's version it might need the special remote control from K-Line that works with K-Line trains only!  I have seen an old K-Line remote at a hobby shop in south Florida area, Lantana FL(West Palm Beach) on Lantana Road.

I know a little about K-Line engines, you may need both engines to run at the same time if they have a tether cable between the engines. K-Line made three powered sets of A-B-A diesels and the first or main diesel had the reversing unit inside it and used a tether cable between the three engines to control the direction. So one of your A units may not run by itself or have direction control. They all have the power pick-up from the center rail, so that may fool you as to which one has the reverse unit inside it. But I am not 100% sure on this, as I never owned a set of AA's or ABA's.

Lee F.