Is there a battery place in the tender? If not why?
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No! Why would you want a battery in it? Ecerything runs off track power.
I don't want a battery in it, that just means more headaches.
Chris
I don't want a battery in it, that just means more headaches.
Chris
Sadly this locomotive does not have a battery. I wish mine did.
As to why a battery, because some of us love conventional running, and without the battery the sounds cut out and reset when you change direction. It kind of kills the magic of the beast during play time.
No battery, and no provision for one.
I don't know why you would spend $2,000 dollar on a Vision Line locomotive and want to run it conventionally. Spend the $350 and buy a Legacy 990 and hook it up to your layout. My buddy did it on his layout and he still can run his conventional locomotives.
I am not being rude or ignorant, but it makes no sense to spend that much money on a locomotive and not be able to use its full features. I personally whould be unhappy with a battery in it.
Chris
I am not being rude or ignorant, but it makes no sense to spend that much money on a locomotive and not be able to use its full features. I personally whould be unhappy with a battery in it.
Chris
Originally Posted by crood58:
I don't know why you would spend $2,000 dollar on a Vision Line locomotive and want to run it conventionally.
Because there are times when you thrown a loop of track down on the carpet to run stuff, and don't want to bother with moving the Legacy base from the layout in the other room. All my locomotives get run in conventional from time to time, and I even enjoy it more than command at times.
Running that engine in conventional kinda defeats the purpose...you can't even access most of the features.
Originally Posted by Laidoffsick:
Running that engine in conventional kinda defeats the purpose...you can't even access most of the features.
I second that!!!
Originally Posted by sinclair:
Originally Posted by crood58:
I don't know why you would spend $2,000 dollar on a Vision Line locomotive and want to run it conventionally.
Because there are times when you thrown a loop of track down on the carpet to run stuff, and don't want to bother with moving the Legacy base from the layout in the other room. All my locomotives get run in conventional from time to time, and I even enjoy it more than command at times.
Why don't you run your engines in conventional mode on the layout? You can always turn the sound off on the Big Boy.
I have the 990 Legacy remote and run engine with that. The battery in my other engines is used in the shutdown sequence. and sometimes when crossing a switch. I do not run engines in conventional mode.
