Is this a botched ERR Cruise Commander installation?

Looks like PS2 to me. The battery under it is a give away. Someone has definitely been in there before though, I bet it’s an upgrade kit.

It came new with PS2 3v and thats what that board is but it appears its been worked on for some reason.

Pete

That's definitely a PS2 upgrade board did the listing say it ran? If so I would contact Trainz and I bet they were in it and it has problems because they usually test things out.

Most of the MTH items I have gotten from Trainz say not tested. They have excellent customer service and do not hesitate to refund or rebate when something is not up to snuff.

Here is a link to the Proto Sound 2 Upgrade kit instructions that may be of help:  https://www.google.com/url?sa=...ejWBOhNjF0-sfg-Y4CQT

Definitely not anything from ERR.  As others have said, looks to be a 3v ProtoSound 2.0 board.

The motor with the tach strip looks to be plugged into the board, can’t tell on the one with the shroud.  Could be a dead battery. If you don’t have a charger, just leave it on a track with no DCS signal and 10V or more in neutral for a few hours.

It's most certainly a PS/2 3V board.  First step I'd do is a visual inspection  , and I'd also probably plug the board into my testset to see if it was functional.  The 3V PS/2 boards are pretty robust, so it should be possible to revive that one.

I just run TMCC and Legacy. Can this PS/2 add-on be removed and an ERR Cruise Commander be installed in its place? I suppose anything is possible, but would this be a huge undertaking?

@breezinup posted:

I just run TMCC and Legacy. Can this PS/2 add-on be removed and an ERR Cruise Commander be installed in its place? I suppose anything is possible, but would this be a huge undertaking?

Its done all the time. Not a big deal. Just about any engine with a DC motor can have TMCC, Legacy, Lionchief, DCC, or PS3 installed.

Pete

Define HUGE?

It's a pretty straight forward job to convert most diesels to TMCC using the ERR stuff.  You will have to swap the speaker and couplers as the PS/2 or PS/3 speaker/couplers are not compatible with the ERR TMCC / Railsounds stuff.

Thanks very much for the information. That's good to hear. I was concerned that undoing this PS/2 installation would significantly complicate starting over with a Cruise Commander.

Note that all the bulbs are 6V bulbs, so you'll have to deal with swapping them over to 12V bulbs or LED's for the Cruise Commander outputs.