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Alex,

 

I noticed you just posted your Lionel CCII Niagara locomotive over on the for-sale forum, and you've done an absolutely fabulous job with all the upgrades!    Such talent!!!

 

Question I have is this... You installed John's super chuff board, but I also see you upgraded the smoke unit as well as increased chuffs from 2 to 4 per revolution.  So what exactly did the super chuff board alone do for you?  In other words, if you had only installed the super-chuff  board, what would the visible result have been to viewers?  Better smoke output?  Louder chuffing sounds?  Enhanced cruise control?

 

Many thanks!!!

 

David

 

P.S. This has always been one of my favorite steam engines from years ago, so I might be calling you to perform some of your magic on it (if you have a few spare cycles).  

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Dave,

 

  • Smoke Unit fan motor control for synchronized chuffing with the RailSounds output.
  • Dynamic braking of smoke unit motor and chuff duration control enhances the appearance of the smoke chuff output at all speeds.
  • Smoke fan motor runs continuously at slow speed when locomotive is stopped.
  • Buffering of the chuff switch input to provide an isolated switch output for RailSounds chuff triggering.
  • Rule 17 LED light control for headlight, dimming when locomotive is stopped.
  • TMCC headlight voltage input to control headlight on/off state from remote.
  • Automatic control to turn cab lights on when stopped, off when moving.

 

 

Alex didn't use the lighting features in this conversion, but they're easily added if you buy it.

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