Does anyone have experience doing and ERR upgrade to the Lionel 6-28853 Santa Fe GP-38 Diesel Locomotive with Horn? I was looking at buying a conventional one online and doing the upgrade but I wasn't sure if there was enough space inside for the upgrade?
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Not sure about the room inside a GP38, but I fit a AC Commander inside a F3 by placing the speaker and railsounds board in the fuel tank and then installed the AC C on top with a bracket to hold it in place.
Credit to Gunrunner John for board placement.
Bob
It should fit fine. Be advised that the ERR boards/parts for TMCC and Railsounds will run you $225-250, plus the cost of the locomotive. It would probably be cheaper to just find a Lionchief+ 2.0 locomotive that you like.
@Lou1985 posted:It should fit fine. Be advised that the ERR boards/parts for TMCC and Railsounds will run you $225-250, plus the cost of the locomotive. It would probably be cheaper to just find a Lionchief+ 2.0 locomotive that you like.
Yup. Checking the prices, plus shipping, it looks like the ERR parts will be about $270, not including installation. If you spend say $150 on this loco you're going to have a $420 engine. As Lou noted, there are lots of other options for that kind of money, including Warbonnet engines. Just something to consider.
@ArtsModelTrains posted:Does anyone have experience doing and ERR upgrade to the Lionel 6-28853 Santa Fe GP-38 Diesel Locomotive with Horn? I was looking at buying a conventional one online and doing the upgrade but I wasn't sure if there was enough space inside for the upgrade?
No problem fitting the stuff in it, as noted by other posters, the price for the components may be a killer.
Thanks for all the feedback, that is a great point on the pricing, I was just looking at the basic AC commander not thinking I might want the other components too. I was trying to get a santa fe GP 38 like my first HO set, guess nostalgia got the best of me. I'll do some looking around at lionchief plus 2.0 stuff.
I hope this isn’t hijacking the thread but it is related. I have a powered and dummy F3. What is the simplest way to add directional lighting to that combo? The powered unit isn’t command control, just a circuit board for sound as far as I can tell. The dummy unit has nothing except lighting.
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