PTS Ep 73 LGB Train Maintenance and Modifications Part 1

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In this video, Chris tears apart an engine from LGB (a German G-scale model train) in an attempt to rebuild the motor / gearbox assembly and add LED lighting where there wasn't any lighting previously. This video will be shot as two parts for now, with part one being on the subject on the mechanical parts with part two being the electrical part. There may be a part three in which Chris will add alternating flashing LEDs to the cab roof. Lokk for this video in the future. • Here's the link to part two: • • PTS Ep. 74 - LGB Train Maintenance an... • Chris got started with model trains when he received them as gifts from various members of his family. He became a railfan naturally since a freight line ran directly behind the back yard of the house he grew up in. He had a few Bachmann HO-gauge sets that his uncle gifted to him, pieces of his dad's Lionel O-gauge set and even a few pieces from Bachmann's N-gauge set that he bought because they were cute . His favorite however has always been the G-scale trains that he started receiving as a yearly Christmas present from his parents, which became a tradition. • The engine featured in this video is a LGB# 2090 D10 Diesel Swticher Locomotive and was sold as part of a starter set, which included track, a transformer, and two flat cars. The engine wasn't designed with on-board lighting. They sell on eBay for around $100 to $140. • The controller feature in the video is from MRC (Model Rectifier Corp.) and is a Control Master 20. The manual can be found here: • http://www.modelrectifier.com/resourc... • Here's a good description from Wikipedia about LGB trains if you're interested in learning more: • LGB stands for Lehmann Gross Bahn - the Lehmann Big Railway in German. Made by Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk in Nuremberg, Germany, since 1968 and by Märklin since 2007, it is the most popular garden railway model in Europe, although there are also many models of U.S. and Canadian prototypes. LGB caused a revival of garden model railroading in the United States when it was introduced. LGB is sold in North America through Walthers, who oops took over from Ernst Paul Lehmann's subsidiary, LGB of America, when Märklin bought the LGB assets. Most of the European prototypes were manufactured in Germany, while much of the North American rolling stock was made in China. Production is now located in Hungary. • LGB trains are responsible for introducing G scale to model railroading. The scale ratio used by LGB is nominally 1:22.5, yet many dimensions are often changed to allow operation on very tight R1 curves. American prototypes especially suffer from this. Other G-scale (and Gauge 1) manufacturers produce products that range from 1:20 to 1:32, and for the most part, all use the same track and are compatible with one another. Though they can all run on the same track (45 mm gauge), models representing narrow-gauge versions of trains or locomotives would not normally be run together with models of larger full-scale vehicles. To fit the same standard track the latter must be built using different scales. To illustrate the point, 1:22.5 scale passengers and/or train crew are somewhat oversized when displayed in proximity with 1:32 models. Though the models may be physically compatible, many people choose a style or era to fit their desires and pick one ratio (in the range of 1:20.3 to 1:32) to model all of their trains. • One of the most prominent aspects of LGB trains over other model railroad models is their durability. All locomotives, track, and accessories of the main product line function in rain and snow allowing nearly anyone to have an outdoor garden railroad. As a matter of fact, there have been cases when LGB products have survived against all odds. Apparently, an LGB controller was once caught in a flood in early spring; not only was it completely submerged, but the water actually froze solid around it the next day when the temperature dropped. After the controller thawed out, it was taken inside and set next to a heater to dry. Against all odds, the product apparently worked fine, as if nothing had happened. • The first loco made under the LGB brand was a model of a small Austrian 0-4-0 named Stainz. This loco appears in the LGB logo and is still in production today, although it now has a sound system and other mechanical differences to the original 1968 model. Most garden railway enthusiasts have at least one example of a Stainz in their collection as it tends to be a robust loco with good pulling power. • The whole article can be found here: • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGB_(tr...) • Don't forget to like us on Facebook: • / pileggitech • We used the YouTube Video Editor to stitch together the two pieces of footage shot to make up this video. • ( / editor ) • © Pileggi Technical Services 2016

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