Our club received a donation of a New York Central F3 A/B set. That's the good news. BUT they are both non-powered dummies. We have two powered Santa Fe F3s. The colors from the frames/trucks are different. I know that just swapping shells is easy-peasy.
Is there a difference in the frames; powered vs non-powered? Will the drive components swap to the frame of the non-powered? And are the side trucks easily moved between the two?
Thanks
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They were interchangeable on some postwar F3s I used to have, but there were some many slight variations made over the years that for all I know some might be different. In my case I recall putting together several good units from a greater number of older used one bought at a swap meet, and moving the truck sides was quite easy. I'd try it and see if they fit - I would expect they will.
Yes to all, it's an easy swap. There will likely be some intricacies with the horn mounting if the years are different.
The only difference between the power and dummy frames on the horizontal motor F3s is if they have an E-unit lever slot or not. If the dummy unit didn't have a horn Lionel basically just put a pipe plug in the opening on the bottom.
Truck side frames and pilots are the same between power and dummy units.
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