How about making a "Brookville BL06" shell for the little mechanism. I think the SW-00 looks great:tb-biggrin:, but isn't it a fantasy model?
Great ! And easy to build. I also would prefer a REAL switcher. You cannot blame Märklin for not being prototypal and on the other hand promote too much fantasy.
Wow! That is awesome! Ive been lurking over here in the Z section hoping to see something like that. I love the Mech, ive been looking for something like that to create a Nn3 loco for the mine on my layout. Thanks for sharing
A few notes: the chassis under the shell draws less than 10mA under normal load, and a bit more when working hard, so the motor always runs cold. Because of that, any home grown plastic (even styrene) shell works fine, no worry about warpage or melting of the fruits of your hard work. The chassis is geared to run with scale speed, so low speed control is easily achievable. It's in stock now, and available from L.G.Thek Brasswork or Stonebridge Models
It depends on the design. If you plan your shell accordingly, a Z-2 decoder fits easily. In the SW-00 no room for any known decoder. An unkown 6.5 x 10 x 2.5 mm decoder can be installed next to the motor, and there is room for the engineer at the other side of the cab.
Loren, HA! An Eastern RR and the son of the LIRR!! Per Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-North_Railroad The Metro-North Commuter Railroad (reporting mark MN), trading as MTA Metro-North Railroad, or, more commonly, Metro-North, is a suburban commuter rail service that is run and managed by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), an authority of New York State. It is the second busiest commuter railroad in the United States as measured in terms of overall monthly ridership, a position it has held since the fourth quarter of 2001. Metro–North runs service between New York City to its northern suburbs in New York and Connecticut. Trains terminate in places respective to their branch line; these locals include, in New York State, in Port Jervis, Spring Valley, Poughkeepsie, and Wassaic; in Connecticut, in New Canaan, Danbury, Waterbury, and New Haven. Metro-North also provides local rail service within New York City with a reduced fare. The MTA, which also operates the New York City Transit Authority buses and subways, as well as the Long Island Rail Road , has jurisdiction, through Metro-North, for use of the railroad lines on the western and eastern portion of the Hudson River in New York State. Service on the western side of the Hudson is operated by New Jersey Transit under contract with the MTA. There are 120 stations operated by Metro-North. Yours, John
John, I'm sorry but you lost me on your last posting. I hate to expose my total ignorance on most subjects, but I know absolutely nothing about your subject matter. Did you mistake me for someone else who knows something about your topic? You forget that for me, I'm having a good day when the trains go around twice without falling off the tracks. Anything else is purely speculation and sheer dumb luck. )
Loren, It was my weak attempt at humor - seems we see more of Western roadnames than Eastern roadnames in Z scale. John
