MTH Proto 1 Empire State Express

If this is the Premier version it came with fan driven smoke. Great engine. I upgraded mine to PS2 3V. Its on the workbench for a straight tether, deck apron, and lubricator linkage. 

BTW upgrading to DCS rather than TMCC obviates the need for chuff/smoke enhancements or added tender rollers and correct passenger announcements are part of the sound upgrade package. No need for a SS Diner.

Pete

If it's a Protosound equipped locomotive (Rail King or Premier), it has a fan driven smoke unit.

I have this very engine.  It's my only PS1 engine.  I'd be very interested in detailed photos from the upgrade, particularly if you make it a PS3.  That's really what I'd like to do with mine.  I have way more TMCC stuff, but I'm wanting to finally get DCS on the layout for the PS2 I already have.  So it would be nice to make my ESE a PS3 engine as well.

mopac01 posted:

I have this very engine.  It's my only PS1 engine.  I'd be very interested in detailed photos from the upgrade, particularly if you make it a PS3.  That's really what I'd like to do with mine.  I have way more TMCC stuff, but I'm wanting to finally get DCS on the layout for the PS2 I already have.  So it would be nice to make my ESE a PS3 engine as well.

You can't make it a pure PS-3 without gutting another engine, but you can use MTH PS-32 Steam upgrade kit and do the upgrade.  Pretty straight forward.  G

GGG posted:

mopac01 posted:

I have this very engine.  It's my only PS1 engine.  I'd be very interested in detailed photos from the upgrade, particularly if you make it a PS3.  That's really what I'd like to do with mine.  I have way more TMCC stuff, but I'm wanting to finally get DCS on the layout for the PS2 I already have.  So it would be nice to make my ESE a PS3 engine as well.

You can't make it a pure PS-3 without gutting another engine, but you can use MTH PS-32 Steam upgrade kit and do the upgrade.  Pretty straight forward.  G

Is there a difference between the PS-3 and the PS-2 steam upgrade kits, or is just old stock and current stock sort of thing?  I just put a NOS crane commander into my 2001 282R gantry crane.  So I'm feeling a bit adventurous in the upgrade department.

If anyone is interested,I have one for sale MT-3016L...contact me at   KRASKO379@AOL.COM  the price will be right..thanks

I had mt 20-3016 upgraded quite a while ago, still runs great.

Great engine. Was my first "big steam" purchase when I got back into this hobby and runs great as a PS2 engine.

Gerry

mopac01 posted:

GGG posted:

mopac01 posted:

I have this very engine.  It's my only PS1 engine.  I'd be very interested in detailed photos from the upgrade, particularly if you make it a PS3.  That's really what I'd like to do with mine.  I have way more TMCC stuff, but I'm wanting to finally get DCS on the layout for the PS2 I already have.  So it would be nice to make my ESE a PS3 engine as well.

You can't make it a pure PS-3 without gutting another engine, but you can use MTH PS-32 Steam upgrade kit and do the upgrade.  Pretty straight forward.  G

Is there a difference between the PS-3 and the PS-2 steam upgrade kits, or is just old stock and current stock sort of thing?  I just put a NOS crane commander into my 2001 282R gantry crane.  So I'm feeling a bit adventurous in the upgrade department.

An old PS-2 kit is a 3V board and will work fine.  Needs a Battery or BCR and uses 3V sound files and uses bulbs.

A new PS-3 steam kit is a PS-32 board, which is a PS-3 modified diesel board with an adapter for driving bulbs. Everything else in the kit is the same, except no battery.  The advantage of this kit is you can use PS-3 Sound Files (DO NOT use the PS-3 Flash file, only sound file), no battery, has supercaps, still uses bulbs.   G

for christmas I got a hudson with just a whistle no bell or chuff just whistle but it's a MTH regular hudson some day I would LOVE to upgrade it. 

Thanks for the output, guys.

I was considering going for ERR Cruise and RailSounds 4 or 5 for this engine.

As much as I like Proto 2 and 3 (and trust me, I have quite a lot of PS2 and 3 engines in my roster), my (as well as my friends in NJ) experience with these upgrade kits have not been...pleasant. I do know Proto 3 kits are available that could work well, but if something goes wrong and a board or something blows, it will more likely than not take a long time to get a replacement.

That's what happened when I tried to upgrade a Proto 1 Blue Comet...the less said about that the better.

Plus, I've never liked the whistle sound in the MTH O gauge Empire State sound files. If they did the one in their HO ESE's, then that would be great.

Again, it'll be my engine, and I'll decide what to do with it when I get it, after all.