I received a MTH FA A unit that only has the whistle and bell. It is a conventional engine off the Z500. It is not much but showed me how strong it can run.
Would I be wasting good money to look into putting a PS2 System into this engine? I would think to like the power option to lash up with my AA as two powered units with 4 motors total on a tether.
That is where I am stumped. The A unit does not have a tether at all. Does this mean my idea to upgrade it to PS2 sunk?
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You can still upgrade your A unit to PS-2, if you can find a diesel upgrade kit.
Does your second A unit have motors, or is it a dummy?
If it has motors, you would need either a 2nd upgrade kit, and run them as a lashup, or you would need a diesel slave kit for it.
Then you will have a tether between the two.
For what its worth, you may be better off to seek out a similar PS-2 engine rather than upgrad yours. You might well be money ahead.
Rod
Lee, a lot depends on the model of your loco. I assume it's a Rail-King, but if one of the low-priced locos, it probably wouldn't pay, but one of the pricier ones might be.
Thanks for the advice...
I think I will keep it the way it is. It is such a good RK engine. I probably will use it for Test runs hunting for issues in construction.
As I go about my hunt for a powered FA unit, I learned from MTH that when you have a pair of A-A that are both powered with a Unpowered dummy (Tethered to all) both motors need to be equipped with a Protosound two board.
Now one A unit does have PS2 and does well when located ahead of the train but behind the dummy units. Should I find a power chassis or a FA unit it must have PS2? Or can I cheat and simply put a proto sound 1 equipped engine in there?
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