MTH Steam Proto Scale 2R to 3R Conversion

What’s the locomotive?....and the item # so we can better assist you.....otherwise, we’ll be tossing darts in the dark....

Pat

@harmonyards posted:

What’s the locomotive?....and the item # so we can better assist you.....otherwise, we’ll be tossing darts in the dark....

Pat

I suppose that would be helpful! P47 Pacific

If you go to MTH’s website and click on service, and then click on documents, and then enter the product number for that P-47, all the instructions on “how to” will pop up in the owners manual......

one word of caution, some brands of tracks don’t play well with the 2 rail to 3 rail jump....I’ve had a couple of the 2 rail versions (-2) and I have very gentle O81 curves, and still didn’t like the way they behaved on Atlas track.....your results may vary,...the models I have are NYC Hudsons, and both of them got high rail chassis with blind center drivers....

Pat

I ran a scale wheel MTH PRR K4 pacific on Lionel Fastrack with minimal issues years ago. You'd be better off finding the Hi-Rail version. Keep looking you'll find it. There are probably less than 20 of the scale wheel version of that model out there so you've already found the hard one. There were probably hundreds of the Hi-rail version. 

I agree with the others- caveat emptor.  Not worth the frustration.  Hold out for the 3-rail version.

Thank you all, very helpful!