Bud: What horn did E-L use on the U33's?? That is the one thing still set to default on the decoder waiting for me to find out the correct one! Any idea???
Jim --- In [email protected], "Bud Rindfleisch" wrote: > > > Jim, I too bought one of the first run U33c's in E-L livery. For one I > wanted "help the cause" so to speak as I'm primarily a 50's era modeler, but > the impending SD-45's from DesPlaines made me think I'd get two of 'em to mu > with the U33C. In fact I thought I had read that Ron S. was waiting on the > Lionel release of the U-boat to match the gearing with that on the SD's. I > haven't heard anymore about the DesPlaines SD's either. > As for slow speed, I don't think a big U-boat would be doing a whole lot > of slow speed switching in their early years, same for the SD-45's. On the > E-L they usually handled the fast piggyback trains, high priority freight. > I'm also not convinced that Lionel didn't realize they gave the E-L units > a a U36C number series, I'm trying to see what if any external differences > there are between the 33C's and the 36C's. > Bud Rindfleisch > - > > > > I too hope you are wrong and that our engines can play well together. > > > > > > I've read the posts regarding how well the Lionel offerings run and > > > honestly don't care where, how many or in what position the motors > > > reside.What does concern me is whether different locomotives will MU > > > or double head. I have a first run U33c, now with the pilots fixed to > > > the frame, scale wheels, Kadee couplers (actually I think they are > > > Walthers) and a Tsunami decoder.It's a bit faster than I would have > > > preferred but runs well slowly and pulls what I think it should -- I > > > am totally satisfied. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
