@pault posted:Just picked up this 1952 Lionel 2032 Erie set with custom painted 2400 passenger cars. They have not been ran in years so I have to replace the battery, clean, lube and see if she goes around the track.
Always been a fan of the Erie (2032) paint scheme, and the fantasy pass cars are just awesome looking! Or did Erie actually have those cars?
George
@GeoPeg posted:Always been a fan of the Erie (2032) paint scheme, and the fantasy pass cars are just awesome looking! Or did Erie actually have those cars?
George
To be honest I don't know. I cannot find them anywhere if Lionel made them. I also cannot find them as named cars even with a different line or color scheme. I got them from a friend of a family whose husband was a huge train collector and recently passed and I now have them to remind me of him and my own father was born in 1952 (same year the Erie engines were made) and also a collector still so it wraps both "train" men in my life together on my layout.
I loved the color scheme too which is the other reason I selected the set. It'll look really sharp next to my other sets like my blue comet, southern crescent, and Texas special.
Took the D battery compartment panel off this morning on the engine and there was no battery inside so thankfully no corrosion. Huge win.
What's off the workbench......
Been fiddling with a PS2 (5V) RS3 that stopped running. Bought the engine used from Trainz and it must have an address programmed in, and since I only have a RC (no TIU), I can't reset it so I only run it conventional. For some strange reason, it decided to stop moving and wouldn't stay awake when power was cycled. I checked the BCR, etc to no avail. So I decided to reassemble it and put it on the shelf to be dealt with another day. But before it earned the title of "Hershelfish Queenus", I gave it one more try on the layout. When I powered it up, bupkas....then I noticed that my RC was on so obviously the watchdog did what it's supposed to do. Tried again with the RC off, and low and behold, she's not quite ready for the shelf! Don't ask me to eshplain Lucy.....cause I don't know. (and adult beverages were consumed to celebrate the momentous occasion.....) 
For medicinal purposes only of course......
Bob
Happy to know that you are taking your medication. Good boy, now go play with your trains.
@Tranquil Hollow RR posted:Happy to know that you are taking your medication. Good boy, now go play with your trains.
Yes sir! Right away sir! Thank you sir! 🤣🤣
Or was it that adult beverages caused the supposed issues in the first place? 🤷♂️ 🙄
Im glad it is running, Bob! 👍🏻🚂
I've been dicking around with this CPR dome car. I lengthened it and fashioned the 'proper' looking truck frames to replace the Lionel issue generic ones. I was able to make the visible bearings rotate.
@Mark Boyce posted:Or was it that adult beverages caused the supposed issues in the first place? 🤷♂️ 🙄
Im glad it is running, Bob! 👍🏻🚂
Can't say for sure Mark......I will deny any relation between the two.......
@midnightwrecking posted:I've been dicking around with this CPR dome car. I lengthened it and fashioned the 'proper' looking truck frames to replace the Lionel issue generic ones. I was able to make the visible bearings rotate.
Nice work. I like the open journals!
Bob
Thanks Bob.
@pault posted:To be honest I don't know. I cannot find them anywhere if Lionel made them. I also cannot find them as named cars even with a different line or color scheme. I got them from a friend of a family whose husband was a huge train collector and recently passed and I now have them to remind me of him and my own father was born in 1952 (same year the Erie engines were made) and also a collector still so it wraps both "train" men in my life together on my layout.
I loved the color scheme too which is the other reason I selected the set. It'll look really sharp next to my other sets like my blue comet, southern crescent, and Texas special.
Took the D battery compartment panel off this morning on the engine and there was no battery inside so thankfully no corrosion. Huge win.
Does OFF the bench count here too?
This beautiful set is up and running and she's purring like a 71 year old cougar poolside.
Got this Williams Hudson 5205 brand new still sealed from Trainz. A bit of a challenge this ones been. 😂.
Took the loco all apart and red n tacky all the dried factory gearing.
Added 6amp {8} diodes to tame the race horse speeds.
Added an MTH ps1 smoke unit as the suethe was a joke.
Changed the screw on the front truck of the tender to keep it from wibble wobbling.
Now awaiting Evans design leds for the passenger cars!
Assembled the MTH S2 that I've been working on and gave it a test run. Overall all went well, trying to stuff 10 pounds of bologna under a 5 pound shell was a challenge, and I didn't even put a smoke unit in it.
As a refresher.... this engine was purchased from a MTH/ Cabin Fever auction, that started life as a SOO. I bought the L&NE shell since the red dot in the logo worked with the red deck. I used a PS-3/2 stacker board.
I have to open it up again to replace the electro- couplers, not sure why they aren't working.......but the rear has a short and the front doesn't work, the board fires them and the sounds play.
Also have a broken handrail on the other side to deal with.
Bob
Cool project Bob. Hope you get the coupler issue sorted.
Bob, it runs great!! Are you sure you really want to open it up again? The 20 pounds of bologna may pop out and you can’t get it back in! 😮 😄 Oh it’s a switcher. I guess you do want operating couplers!
Thats what started to happen when I opened the Bl2 to try to compare what I did then to the F3 last week. I quickly pushed some bologna back in and tightened it down! 😆
@Mark Boyce posted:Bob, it runs great!! Are you sure you really want to open it up again? The 20 pounds of bologna may pop out and you can’t get it back in! 😮 😄 Oh it’s a switcher. I guess you do want operating couplers!
Thats what started to happen when I opened the Bl2 to try to compare what I did then to the F3 last week. I quickly pushed some bologna back in and tightened it down! 😆
Mark- I'm going to have no choice to get the couplers working. Maybe I'll be able to clean up the wiring a little better too.
@Tuscan Jim- Thanks. Been a long time in the works. Nice to see it finally together.
Bob
@RSJB18 posted:Mark- I'm going to have no choice to get the couplers working. Maybe I'll be able to clean up the wiring a little better too.
@Tuscan Jim- Thanks. Been a long time in the works. Nice to see it finally together.
Bob
Bob, I know what you mean needing the couplers. 👍🏻 I was just going to look at how I did the BL2, but it has the same problem as the F3, so why bother. 😄
I am just finishing the conversation of a William scale PC GG-1, this one is near to my heart as I ran the bigger version.
@ThatGuy posted:I am just finishing the conversation of a William scale PC GG-1, this one is near to my heart as I ran the bigger version.
Awesome! What did you add to it?
@pault posted:Awesome! What did you add to it?
Full command/sound/led head lights and marker lights that reverse with train direction.
Bob she runs and sounds great. I'm sure you'll get the couplers figured out.
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