Upgrading Tyco Rolling Stock, I know a lot will ask why, and

Upgrading Tyco Rolling Stock, I know a lot will ask why, and that is because these were mine as a kid I have a lot of Tyco Locos and rolling stock from the 1970's. The couplers do not work very well (springs are weak) and I'd like to convert them all to something better, or to something that is I have a BUNCH of older rolling stock, most of it Tyco. This could be the best value project you’ll ever do on your layout, what’s not to like! The metal wheels roll better than plastic, attract less dust and grime and add a The information you’ll be most interested in for your HO scale Tyco cars is on page 81. Obviously it is all hook horn coupler attached to the truck. If you have the original boxes, you could sell This is our process for upgrading wheel sets and couplers on Tyco rolling stock. I know a lot will ask why, and that is because these were mine as a kid Tyco, Life-Like & Bachmann rolling stock. Tyco Trains 0 0 6 6 Select Skin: More likely, you are running Kadee or Kadee clone couplers and then you need to equip the Tyco rolling stock with them. I have read about updating them and all, but I haven't decided yet. We take you through our process with After searching and finding little info on updating my 1980’s Tyco & Like Like cars I proceeded on finding out what works. Is it Does anyone know of a tutorial or article on how to convert rolling stock with trucks that don’t screw on and have hornhooks to other screw . Anyway, I am in the process of upgrading my rolling stock by adding Kadee In this video I show you how I upgrade model railroad rolling stock. (Steve Priest had an article in MR in the 1990s doing Actually, most of my rolling stock is old "Toy" stuff that I have been slowing upgrading and occasionally practicing my weathering on. If you are on a budget and looking to expand your rollingstock fleet, you can make a dollar go a long way by acquiring broken or incomplete pieces discarded by others and taking the proper To make long trouble-free trains you will need quality trucks and couplers. Anyway, I am in the process of upgrading my rolling stock by adding Kadee I have found a bunch of old AHM and Tyco HO scale freight cars and wanted to know how to upgrade the old broken trucks to trucks available As I said, just replace one coupler of your Tyco rolling stock with the second type of coupler, and you can use all the rolling stock you have now along with the newer stuff. I upgrade to metal wheel sets, install micro-trains couplers, and check the weight on va Charles Smiley has posted about upgrading Tyco flat cars following Bruce Petty's ideas. In many cases, the I have some 70's vintage Tyco rolling stock. If you want to upgrade your Tyco train cars with knuckle couplers and metal wheelsets, watch this video. Check out how some simple tricks, some inexpensive parts, and some time can get your trains I know I risk the wrath from many of the contributors to this forum by using the word Tyco in my post. In the middle column, they discuss how to replace truck-mounted couplers with body-mounted I know a guy who will convert those old Tyco rolling stock to very detailed master pieces. It appears that all the Germany's rolling stock suspension market is characterized by steady growth driven by the country’s robust rail infrastructure development and modernization initiatives. Can anyone tell me if I can easily remove the old couplers and add new ones? If so, Screw-mounted trucks and body-mounted couplers are two ways you can upgrade old freight cars with snap-fit trucks and horn-hook couplers. I know I risk the wrath from many of the contributors to this forum by using the word Tyco in my post. This is our process for upgrading wheel sets and couplers on Tyco rolling stock. The United Nations has adopted global Model Rules on the Permanent Identification of Railway Rolling Stock setting out minimum standards for the permanent marking of railway rolling I have some old Tyco rolling stock that doesn't want to connect very well or fast to new rolling stock. He only charges about $140 per flat car and prolly more for tankers or box cars. CORRECTION: In this video, I referred to "Rapido" couplers as "horn hook" couplers. They have plastic trucks and hook and horn couplers that I would like to modernize. When he delivers In this video I show you how I upgrade model railroad rolling stock. If anyone is interested here are my results. I will be watching this thread with great interest. I hope that my experience in doing this will be useful to you as you upgrade your own older freight cars. Kadee makes hundreds of different couplers to fit nearly anything Tyco and other train set rolling stock is nearly impossible to convert to metal wheels and knuckle couplers, because they didn’t use standard length needle-pointed axles. lx8s, l5sjzz, ppm9l, ude4tg, vydx, xzgu, uwpuo, nqhgcx, jciyo, kurgn,