Are the parts for a command upgradable engine available?
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Would you be willing to be a little more specific? What engine and what parts are you looking to obtain? The only one I remember using the terminology "command upgradeable" was a Lionel GP (I believe), but there may have been others. Highly unlikely that Lionel has any of those "kits" left.
Chuck
A number of engines including steam were “upgradable” but parts needed varied. I think a few actually had a kit associated with them. Others called out specific parts needed like a R2LC or Railsounds board. As Chuck suggested, you will need to indicate what engine you have.
Pete
Some of the upgradable models, especially the K-Line ones, used that term very loosely. OTOH, a number of Lionel models, both steam and diesel, could be upgraded by simply replacing the conventional plug-in boards with their command equivalents.
I'm singing with the chorus, what is the exact model you are asking about?
My mistake. Lionel 28500 GP20 Mopac
The following parts, all in stock at Lionel, will upgrade that engine to full command with full sounds.
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Thank you, GRJ
What happened to the Lionel 6-22960 upgrade board? Now I would need to replace everything?
@Windy City posted:What happened to the Lionel 6-22960 upgrade board? Now I would need to replace everything?
That "upgrade" kit consists of the R2LC-C08 board, it's still available. It didn't upgrade the sounds, only added command control. In order to upgrade sounds, you have to buy the two sound boards, audio and power.
