Skip to main content

Closed9 replies

Smooth ERR-equipped USRA Mikado

D500D500OGR Forum Member
I just finished installing an ERR Cruise Commander in a 1990's Samhongsa (Williams) brass
USRA Mikado. No sound this time - just the command control (the quiet is kind of nice...).

This is a brass loco with proper, grown-up gearing, well run-in as a conventional loco, and, lemme tell 'ya!
I challenge any PS2 or Legacy loco to run smoother at a crawl, or, for that matter, to run meaningfully
slower at all. The next slower speed for this loco would pretty much be Stopped. I've seen a Vision Line
Genset run, and my Mikado almost equals it.

Also, when you skip the sound system, the installation becomes almost slam-bam-thank-you-ma'am. Of course,
I've done a few of these, too.
Original Post

Replies sorted oldest to newest

gunrunnerjohngunrunnerjohnOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
The hardest part of the installation is fitting the chuff switch for sound and wiring a tether between the tender and locomotive if there isn't an existing one. If the tender is diecast, you'll also probably have to insulate it's shell as the antenna. You may be able to fit the TMCC package (but not the sound) in the locomotive, but then you need to address the antenna issue. Usually, steamers use insulated handrails for an antenna, if yours aren't insulated, that won't do the job.

The basic wiring is trivial.
gunrunnerjohngunrunnerjohnOGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBERDIGITAL SUBSCRIBER
quote:
Originally posted by Bob Delbridge:
I have a question,

Last year I installed the ERR Cruise Commander in my WBB E7A, works fine. But all the ERR CC provides is cruise, correct? Wouldn't I still have to get the DC Commander to have command control, or have I had it all along and just too dumb to know it?
We'll use the term "uneducated", it's not nice to call people dumb. Big Grin

The Cruise Commander is the same as the DC commander with the added feature that it supports cruise control.
Views: 1,026
Post

Membership Required

We're sorry. You must be signed in to continue. Sign In or Register
×
Are you sure you want to remove from your Block List?
×
Loading...
×
When you block a person, they can no longer invite you to a private message or post to your profile wall. Replies and comments they make will be collapsed/hidden by default. Finally, you'll never receive email notifications about content they create or likes they designate for your content.
Note: if you proceed, you will no longer be following .
×
Link copied to your clipboard.
×

Access to this requires an OGR Forum Supporting Membership

OGR Forum Supporting Membership

Help support this forum with an OGR Forum Supporting Membership.
You will be able to watch the videos in the INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO FORUM!
A one-year OGR Forum Supporting Membership is only $12 per year, so sign up now!


    OR     


Access the ALL the OGR VIDEO FORUMS AND  over 300 back issues of OGR
with a DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION!



$12.00 per 12 Months (plus tax if applicable)
×