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Nice, but someone stole half of your boiler.
Ah geez, that is sooooo cool a project. I love it.
I have the Vision CC2 0-8-8-0, but I gotta do one of these, too. Brilliant idea!
I can't tell exactly which 0-8-0 you are using here Is it the Legacy model or a conventional RTR type? Regardless, do you plan to run the two motors in parallel or wire them in series? I think either could be made to work well enough, but I can think of differences and why a person might do it either way
Thanks. Extending the boiler is next on the to-do list.
Lee,
I used two Lionel 0-8-0 conventional RTR locomotives. Pennsylvania #565's from the 6-30174 Pennsylvania Flyer set.
She's under full power in the video. Motors are wired in parallel.
These 0-8-0's aren't all that fast, so parallel gives plenty of low-speed grunt and a good speed range.
EDIT: I just looked up the Vision CC2. Looks like my little kitbash project is more historically accurate than I realized!
The only two 0-8-8-0's I'd encountered before this were some camelback thing, and the NYC NW-1. Since the CC2 is a Pennsylvania, I won't even have to repaint the tenders!
What In the hill are you doing running without a caboose? you're fired.
