Sorta RC -- Upgraded to Lionel LionChief! in Battery Power & Control Posted November 4, 2020 Got my daughter a Kalamazoo 4-4-0 for her 1st Christmas back in 1884 (flatcar, gondola, & caboose).Have been running it with a MRC Tech II throttle since 85; even using a Bachmann storage building with whistle as an accessory.Late 80s added two passenger cars and LGB track and turn outs to the original loop of track.This year I bought my daughter’s daughter a Lionel battery powered ready to run Thomas the Tank set ( https://www.lionelstore.com/Thomas-F...Set?quantity=1 ) with LionChief Blue Tooth remote control.Wow! She loves it and can easily operate it herself (3yrs old).Got me thinking; why not upgrade the 4-4-0!So, I gutted a Lionel 0-8-0 ( https://www.lionelstore.com/Pennsylv...Set?quantity=1 ) and did the conversion – WOW!So Cool!
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Sorta RC -- Upgraded to Lionel LionChief!
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Got my daughter a Kalamazoo 4-4-0 for her 1st Christmas back in 1884 (flatcar, gondola, & caboose).
Have been running it with a MRC Tech II throttle since 85; even using a Bachmann storage building with whistle as an accessory.
Late 80s added two passenger cars and LGB track and turn outs to the original loop of track.
This year I bought my daughter’s daughter a Lionel battery powered ready to run Thomas the Tank set ( https://www.lionelstore.com/Thomas-F...Set?quantity=1 ) with LionChief Blue Tooth remote control.
Wow! She loves it and can easily operate it herself (3yrs old).
Got me thinking; why not upgrade the 4-4-0!
So, I gutted a Lionel 0-8-0 ( https://www.lionelstore.com/Pennsylv...Set?quantity=1 ) and did the conversion – WOW!
So Cool!