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Gallery - LEDs in Locomotives
Bill Gillespie
Here are the two "Lit and Unlit" snaps of the Con-Cor N gauge
Great Northern S-2 that I did for a fellow Titusville Area Model RR
Club member.
The locomotive is AT LEAST 25 years old, made by Con-Cor and is of the
old "split frame" variety of construction.
It originally had an incandescent "grain -of-wheat" bulb, with a
diode, that illuminated a plastic "light bar" behind the smokebox
front, for a headlight.
I removed the light bar, GOW bulb and original diode and replaced
them with one of your "pre-wired 3mm LEDs. I aligned the LED with the
headlight opening using the original headlight bulb mount and a small
piece of double face tape. A 1N4001 diode fit readily next to the LED
and all were connected to the original light contacts on the frame to
supply power to it. As you can see, It is quite impressive. The LED
comes on at full brightness just as the locomotive begins to move and
stays constant through its entire speed range.
The owner is more than happy with it! Thanks!
. . . . More to come . . .
Contact:
I would be happy to reply to questions relating to my work displayed
here. Please send messages through:
"model_train_hobby (at) yahoo.com".