Service manuals for K Line scale Hudson 5344 K3270-5344W

I should be able to scare up the owners manual and pdf it for you. They are not much compared to a Lionel or MTH manual. But they are a great engine. I upgraded mine to PS-2 and couldn't be happier with it. I have never seen a service manual as such.

Rod

Attached FYI. Conveniently the last digit of each file is the page number in the document. (Almost like I planned it! ) The inside page of the front cover is blank so I did not send it. This is the same generic manual K-Line included with all their later steam, conventional or TMCC. This is the one that came with the Hudson #5344; note the number in the lower right corner of the last page.

Rod

Rod posted the manual for the Conventional and TMCC versions of the Hudson. Jesse also mentions the K-Line Cruise version.

Here is the manual used to install K-Line Cruise in the Hudson. I assume the reset code is the same for both the Factory installed Cruise and the Cruise Kit.

https://ogrforum.com/f...allation%20Guide.pdf

Pete

Rod and Norton, thank you both very much.  I acquired my Hudson from a Forum member earlier this year, the 5344, conventional.  I have upgraded with ERR TMCC and RS, installing a PS1 smoke unit removed from another MTH engine I upgraded.  Still, I do not have any paper work/manuals with and prefer to have what I can.  True, would be nice if K Line provided more detailed info with their engines, more than the simple, also generic repetitive.  Also, I am upgrading to a ten pin tether for the chuff info sent back to the tender and the ERR upgrades for chuff sounds.  For now, have put in the ERR supplied reed switch/magnet in the engine (drive wheel), but doing just for "reference" and learning curve purposes.  I have no doubt I will later go with John's Super Chuffer and Chuff Generator.  But, want to get inside this Hudson first and have a look around before committing to that.  Also, will install one of his LMS once I have gotten one completed, should be soon, along with all else I have on my plate. 

Pete, I do have the K Line St Fe Berk, but the installed cruise "went North" on me and I replaced it with the ERR Cruise M.  Works great, and also replaced the can motor while I was at it, upgraded to larger can.

Again, many thanks for the information. 

Jesse   TCA  12-68275

Jesse, Tell us more about the larger can motor you used in the Berk. The K-Line layout usually doesn't allow much room for a bigger motor.

IMO the K-Line Berks were and are the bargains today and can be had for less than a third of the current offerings by MTH and Lionel. Well worth upgrading to current standards.

Pete

K-Line fan

Pete,

  Do not recall the item/model number.  But I purchased from Brausser's Trains (sic) back in 2013 when I did the ERR upgrade.  You do not have to have the flywheel reader with the ERR Cruise.  Their method is to read the EMF (correct?) from the motor and use that to regulate speed.  The can I installed to replace the original pulls much better and runs smooth, I am certain the ERR Cruise has a lot to do with that.

Jesse    TCA

I put an ERR cruise in my K-Line Hudson but used a K-Line Cruise kit in my Mikado, only because I had it and bought it before ERR came out with their cruise. Its OK but not as good as ERR Cruise. And you are right, no reader needed for ERR cruise.

Pete