Lionel #18313 GG1 w/TMCC

Yes, I have the very one you speak of... I looked at updating it with sound and someone said on the forum here that there is a drop in upgrade from a GG-1 Lionel released...I believe in the century limited club first release:  LIONEL #18314 CENTURY CLUB PENN GG-1 ELECTRIC. 

I am not sure but maybe you can get the "inards" for this engine and upgrade it:

Mark,

I have a used one for sale, and would qualify it as not friendly to upgrades. It uses an early LCRU2 for the TMCC. Finding the space and mounting methods for the RailSounds power supply, audio board, motherboard and speaker is a real problem. Plus you'd need a VCO circuit somewhere because there isn't a good place for a hall effect sensor or cherry switch to determine speed.

You can get an idea of what you'd be up against by going to the Lionel website and pulling up the service manual pages for the 18313 and the 18316, which is the Century Club GG-1 that uses RailSounds 3. Besides the additional components, even the frames and trucks are different.

Regards,

Todd

The 6-18313 is the green solid stripe, is it not? If so, I have one, and Boxcar Bill was able to upgrade it with sound. He did have to replace the LCRU as it would not accept a sound board.

You can see and hear it in action here: https://ogrforum.com/t...38#17338734653011138

It is one heavy engine and looks so small compared to its counter parts. I am looking at upgrading it for Christmas Tree duty.

Like was mentioned, you may have to replace the LCRU.  You can get the ERR AC Commander and the Sound Commander.  I recall a thread here that showed the mounting of the two components, as I remember, you have to tilt the AC Commander a bit to fit between the two AC motors.

Thanks all for the replies! I have the Majestic Set with the GG1 and the century club GG1 somewhere, I was just thinking of adding this one to my roster along with my Conventional classics one, and updating them both!