I pulled the trigger, I'm the impatient type. 
Originally Posted by Burlington Route:
Good write up on the cost effectiveness of doing your own or buying new. I guess it comes down to how bad you want a given engine on TMCC or is it going to be available for as much or less than the overall swap.
I'm an MTH guy now that I've just ponied up for a full DCS remote commander set up - sadly this will leave my old lionel geep with it's single pulmor on it's own track - but my 3 RMT beefs and the one beep will be scrutinized for a DCS control board install...if there's enough room!{I got them on sale so that helps alot to a conversion cost}
I'm not aware of anyone attempting to stuff a Proto 2 (don't know about P3) into a Beep, but being in the midst of a P2 upgrade on a Greenbrier, I'd say they won't fit. Electric RR co does have boards designed for/that will fit a Beep.
My plans for command upgrades involve using both DCS and TMCC, depending on the model involved, and there are a couple of examples that no sane person would install a command board in --insert mad doctor laugh here--but the K-Line Plymouths are a bit of a puzzle. I may need a "command reciever car" for those.
I should point out that I don't require sound and/or smoke in everything I upgrade--it's a given on DCS upgrades, but for the most part I'm just looking to make most units operable in a command environment.
---PCJ
I had a K-Line Plymouth that I was considering command for, after looking it over I decided to sell it instead. The BEEP will run easily with the ERR MiniCommander 2.
I'm getting the K-Line Porter, we'll see if I can stuff it into that one. 
Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn:
I pulled the trigger, I'm the impatient type.
Cool!
Originally Posted by RailRide:
I'm not aware of anyone attempting to stuff a Proto 2 (don't know about P3) into a Beep, but being in the midst of a P2 upgrade on a Greenbrier, I'd say they won't fit. Electric RR co does have boards designed for/that will fit a Beep.
---PCJ
You ain't kiddin that Beep is small in there, that's why it's on my list of "it could happen". The Beefs, now that's do-able.
I stare at my 0-8-0's proto2 board and wonder if one could be cut up and jumpered to accordian the thing to fit - totally crazy idea, I know.
I wish MTH made "mini" proto boards for tight fit applications! I'll do a search for the electric RR board...maybe that could work.
A side thought for the Beefs would be to tether the 2 A units and install the proto board on the dummy...would be a problem when I add the B unit though.
Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn:
I had a K-Line Plymouth that I was considering command for, after looking it over I decided to sell it instead. The BEEP will run easily with the ERR MiniCommander 2.
I'm getting the K-Line Porter, we'll see if I can stuff it into that one.
I fianlly saw one of those at the LHS last weekend..neat lil engine...don't know if it's worth the $158 they were asking{HTusa}. I wouldn't even try a board with that one...tiny!...that would definately need a commited boxcar to carry a board to it via a tether....cable...whatever ya want to call it.
I paid $35 for my Porter, so I can afford to tinker and not lose much if I'm not happy with the result.
I saw one with a little tender connected, might be a solution to the space for the electronics.
