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Hi, I wasn't talking about adding a motor, I was referring to switching out the shells and putting the dummy shell on a working chassis. I have 12 Santa Fe (blue and yellow) warbonnet GP-38s by LifeLike, and I can do this easily. Plus, he was talking about an Athearn dummy engine, and with Athearn it is easy to interchange dummy shells with powered shells, providing you have the powered chassis for the same type of engine as the dummy shell. I wasn't talking about adding anymore parts, just interchanging the shells and chassis. Say for instance you get a diesel engine from Ebay. This engine on Ebay is the same type of engine as your dummy engine at home. This engine happens to have a beatup shell with a road you do not care to operate on your layout. Win the engine and switch out the shells. Now you have a working engine with the same shell the dummy had. Sorry for the confusion. -Wolv33
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