This is my Forney; my very first g-gauge locomotive purchase! It is an LGB loco lettered for the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad that ran in Maine, USA in the early- to mid- 1900's. It has working directional lighting as well as a lit cab and working smokestack. This particular model did not come installed with sound. But, that doesn't matter because I am converting this loco to battery power and remote control operation. I am only going to write a summary of the process I went through to figure out how to do this, otherwise this post will be very, very long. It took me a couple months and hours of work to determine how I wanted to modify my loco. There are a lot of options out there; but my restrictions included both space in the loco and funds for the project. Ultimately, I settled on
Phil, of RC Trains, a UK-based company specializing in large scale R/C components, has been very helpful to me in my conversion of my Forney. He has helped me to make sure my wiring will be safe for all the components as well as efficient. Here's a break-down of what I will be doing...
As of this post, I have ordered the battery, charger, and all my small components. I am waiting on Phil to stock the units I need from him and I will be ordered the MLS decoder soon. In the next post I will include a wiring diagram and more specifics on the electronic pieces and specifications needed for my loco.
If you are attempting to disassemble a Forney of this or similar model please see my page on how I did it!
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