Bench Test Station: Is there a market for it?

I found a ESU DCC test station on EBAY.

It is just a pc board with a dc can motor mounted to test with your own DCC boards.

It is great for testing old or used DCC boards before mounting them inside your locomotives.

With all the different generations of electronics in our O Gauge trains, creating a single test station seems extremely complicated.  I have no interest writing, or proof reading the manual!    You'd also be on a constant treadmill having to update the design and documentation.

Hard pass here - as one who does repairs.

Jim

Be advised, along with original lionel test benches, you also have reproduction test benches as well as recent mfg test benches from the 1990's thru the 2000.

Arduk? [Sp] was one of those co that remade the test benches.

https://picclick.com/ARDUK-Loc...st-124939381923.html

@prrhorseshoecurve posted:

Be advised, along with original lionel test benches, you also have reproduction test benches as well as recent mfg test benches from the 1990's thru the 2000.

Ardmark? [Sp] was one of those co that remade the test benches.

And Sun Lines.

That sure looks like a manufacturing unit test fixture to me and it's from 1954! For $7000!

This reminds me when people first began running to their attics expecting every old record to be valuable.

Truthfully, that $7,000 test bench is more for the collector than the repair guy.  The capability offered there is not applicable to a lot of the Lionel products.

I can't imagine a test fixture that would cover all the bases.  I have a variety of ways to test stuff from Lionel and MTH.  For most TMCC stuff, I have cobbled together a tester that hits most of the high points and allows me to test most of the electronics.  This has grown from a simple rig as I needed more capability.  For the MTH electronics, I have a couple of test fixtures from MTH.

As part of my testing protocol, I always bench test each new control system before installing it in a loco. This can save a lot of time and effort and also previews what to expect in a loco.

I'm pretty sure that Gunrunner has an awesome test bench, that he built himself for around $250.  :-)

@totrainyard posted:

I found a ESU DCC test station on EBAY.

It is just a pc board with a dc can motor mounted to test with your own DCC boards.

It is great for testing old or used DCC boards before mounting them inside your locomotives.

I have that one as well.  Works well and is a relative bargain.  Got it here:

https://yankeedabbler.com/esu-...scale-all-397-53900/

John