Weaver steam locos

gunrunnerjohn posted:

John, for the locomotives in question, I don't need a higher gear ratio, I need a lower gear ratio.

Agreed,  however it is much easier to install a quiet coreless motor than to pull a driver and gearbox and re-quarter the driver.          j

I have the Weaver C-1 0-8-0 in the Masonic version (diecast; QSI). It came cheap on eBay, so of course it doesn't work. Is there a way to simply gut the electronics and install a conventional reverse unit? Are there people who do such work (I have zero understanding of boards etc.).

It would bother me not at all if the lights weren't constant or directional or if there was no smoke. I don't want to experiment and find out the motor runs on some purified version of DC after the current runs through the board . . .

Since I have to look for most of my motive power on the bidding site, I have learned not to expect an operating loco from a private sale. But this one I'd like to resurrect.

Bob M.

It should be fairly simple to rip out the electronics and just add a reverse unit.  The motor does run on DC, but the reverse board takes care of that issue.

Many of the Weaver steam engines, even those with TMCC, had independent boards to drive the headlight, class lights, and smoke unit and one in the tender for markers. It may be those boards are there but not connected. With a E unit to run the motor the rest may be made to work too.

Pete

Quite some time ago, I was told that Weaver just doubled the size of the Bachman 2-8-0.  This would make the Weaver 1:43.5 and a bit bigger than O.  Unfortunately, it looks it.  

Ed

Ed Kelly posted:

Quite some time ago, I was told that Weaver just doubled the size of the Bachman 2-8-0.  This would make the Weaver 1:43.5 and a bit bigger than O.  Unfortunately, it looks it.  

Ed

Interesting! Explains, maybe, why mine looks so doggone large.

So on the item number of Some Weaver Locomotives, I See LP or L at the end of their numbers, does anyone know what that means?

Late issue, Weaver (diecast) 2-8-0 was from the K-Line bankruptcy.  Weaver's stamp printing system allowed for offering in many Road Names.   Grand Canyon 29 pictured.  Though the 1:1 29 is Alco,  model is Baldwin, There was a lot of discussion about this 30+ years ago. 

There was also a (Masonic) Pennsy 0-8-0, diecast, (Top picture).

LP was three rail.  L two rail.  ???  I could be wrong and often.  Mike CT.

One of my favorite Pennsy steam loco was a small 0-4-0. 

@Mike CT posted:

LP was three rail.  L two rail.  ???  I could be wrong and often.  Mike CT.

One of my favorite Pennsy steam loco was a small 0-4-0. 

LP was loco with sound. L was just horn or whistle sound.

@Ed Kelly posted:

Quite some time ago, I was told that Weaver just doubled the size of the Bachman 2-8-0.  This would make the Weaver 1:43.5 and a bit bigger than O.  Unfortunately, it looks it.  

Ed

Thats funny! another rummer !

Yeah, if you look over in the 2-rail forum, you will see that most Weaver engines are considered good O scale (1:48) models; not perfect, but certainly good starting points.

Chuck

I recently acquired a Weaver 3 rail NKP Hudson, cab no. 175.  I would love to find someone who could replace the Lionel Rail sounds with Proto Sounds.

There are a number of regulars here who can perform what you ask.  Look up GunrunnerJohn, Bruk, or Sid's Trains just to name a few.

Chuck

You'll have to wait until the PS/3 upgrade kits are back on the market, right now there's none to be had.

In my opinion some of the later PS 2.0 kits were good.  Any of those available?

There are no PS/2 kits being produced, so any that you find have been stashed away for a few years.  It's been a few years since we could get replacement PS/2 boards from MTH parts, everything is PS/3 nowadays.