Rebuilding a Roundhouse Boxcab

[sailormatlac]

Asking to replace the wheels only instead of the entire axis is a bad one....

I'm not familiar with that locomotive, but if they use wheels with stub axles that press into a plastic sleeve which includes the driven gear, a change in wheel size would be simple, as long as the axle diameter matches that of the Bachmann 44 Tonner.

Wayne

Wayne, that's exactly my idea...

Reinhard, do you think the wheels can pop from the axle?

About the RC/Battery I'm still not sure if I want to invest that much to try it out. I have a NCE PowerCab, but it's not very practical with a cord when you have to go around an island layout. I prefer to keep that system for an ISL. I've seen some people building a weird hybrid between the NCE starting kit and DRS1 but it seems highly bulky and powering the battery!

The easy way would be to have the fancy electronic stuff in idle cars... but Harlem Station had such a small yard lead (1 loco + 2 cars) they never bothered using them. I could use a Roundhouse shorty flat car/gondola. Thus the idle car could be MUed with different locomotives using the same battery/receiver.

The locomotive ran on the carfloat to pickup cars and that's something I'd like to do. Having battery power or keep alive would make it possible without bothering about wiring.

Matt