Model Railroading > The Crew Of This Freshly Shopped SW1500 Is Thrilled!

Not because this SP2467 Crud just got a bath, new power truck, plus new internals such as a Decoder Buddy, Tsunami 2, KA2, all new wiring, Scale Sound Systems speaker and LED's. That makes ME happy. No, their happy because last week they had a loaded tank car spread the rails here and they can see that the local Industrial Rails crew has been busy shoring things up!

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Wow Chris.  The layout is coming right along.
I have dibbs on running the 2467 the next time I get down there.

Joe



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/11/20 08:14 by wingomann.

The under the hood work sounds like a great project ( no pun intended but it does fit ). I'm considering doing the same, not sure what the market for SP SW1500's is right now though.
t4p.

TCnR Wrote:
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> The under the hood work sounds like a great
> project ( no pun intended but it does fit ). I'm
> considering doing the same, not sure what the
> market for SP SW1500's is right now though.
> t4p.

Super happy with how it turned out. I can't take any real credit for the sound install. All the hard intellectual work was done by JT at Scale Sound Systems. I just followed his great tutorial video on his website which made it pretty easy. I highly recommend checking it out. I've also completed the 2458 and MP15AC 2735 using the same method.

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wingomann Wrote:
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> Wow Chris.  The layout is coming right along.
> I have dibbs on running the 2467 the next time I
> get down there.
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> Joe

You got it.

Love that switcher!  Did you have to paint the keep alive in the cab to so it would blend in or was there a cover?

Also, what is the switch you used there in the first photo?

Jim, no need to cover the keep alive as it completely disappears when installed in the cab. The control stand does need to be disassembled and moved back about 1mm to clear the cab tab when reinstalling. Other then that I just used a sharpy to add black vinyl to the chairs which are very visible.

The turnout is a Walters curved #7 I believe and I use these Bitter Creek Models ground throws for them. They work well.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/11/20 11:01 by ChrisCampi.

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Agree, the more I buy the more I like how they turn out. The YT Videos really help with installs.
t4p.

I think I first saw Rob Spangler use those Bitter Creek ground throws.  About that time I was tearning down my last layout but now building another so...,

Thanks!

That is a nice looking Crud you’ve got there. Any video by chance?

Nathan

Posted from iPhone

Chris:

Your 1500 and track looks great!

Regards, Jim Evans

atsf121 Wrote:
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> That is a nice looking Crud you’ve got there.
> Any video by chance?
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> Nathan
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> Posted from iPhone

Nathan, here's one of the identically set up 2458 when I was setting it up.

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