Re: Old Old HO camelback 0-4-0-can anyone identify this engine...the motor is vertically mounted?
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Might be possible to put a really small gearbox in it. There is a British company called Hi Level that has a line of gearbox and motor combinations that can be customized to fit a variety of locomotives; even very small ones. Could be worth checking out.
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Jeff jppellas@... -----Original Message-----
From: George Galyon via Groups.Io <redvdub1@...> To: YardbirdTrains <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Nov 2, 2018 09:20 AM Subject: Re: [YardbirdTrains] Old Old HO camelback 0-4-0-can anyone identify this engine...the motor is vertically mounted? thank you very much...good to know...It runs pretty good but you would have to replace either the worm or the worm gear to convert it to DCC...both are metal.? Even then the clearances between the engine and frame are so tight you would risk shorting.? I don't think I can isolate the brushes like you can with
Bowser.?
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Jeff Pellas