Hello I'm lucky enough to have just got one of these that looks (and weighs) great. It looks to be a low-mileage early model with its Phoenix 2k2 card and manual dated 2002. Are there any other identifiers as to which version/run it is? Or even a hidden serial number?   We're all Battery/RC and I'm looking for your experiences of converting this loco please. With previous (mainly Aristo) loco conversions I have ripped everything out and started over with all the controls in the tender. T...

LENZ made the first batch of 55020 decoders and they had the LENZ logo etched on the board.  These decoders were very limited in what they could do.  (no BEMF for one) Then came Massoth: 55020 Still no BEMF),  no logo on the board 55021 ( now you have BEMF )  28 speed steps OK but 128 is dependent on decoder rev in CV 7 55027 Now you can get more function keys and not all did 128 speed steps, again version is in CV 7     On board with 4 4 pin connectors in th...

I have managed to trade for the wild west style live steamer that I wanted.  But she has been sleeping in a display case for many years.  So a bit of going over will be in order once she arrives here in Indiana from the west coast.  He did have the correct drawbar for her, so a home brew one is doing the duties for now, but I will make up one from sheet brass that fits in the proper place.   I also plan to box in the drivers in the cab and install proper wood plank wood ...

I wanted to enlist you electronics wizards, so I'm posting this - you may not bother to read the Live Steam forum. http://www.largescalecentral.com/forums/topic/29381/servo-throws-over-90-degrees   Here's a bit of research I did on making servos go the distance. " The standard servo . . . is a 485, which if you look at the specs is a 90 degree servo when supplied the standard pulse range of 1 to 2 msec. The specs also state the 485 can rotate 180 degrees with a pulse range of 0.6 to 2.4...