Hey All,

I have an old Athearn GP35 with the original motor and it's running with a LM-3S module just fine.

However, I have replaced most of the original Athearn motors with newer can motors since they are quieter, smoother and more efficent. You can buy generic motors with flywheels off eBay in lots of six for $12-15 each. Don't spend $30+ each on newer Athearn motors. They're just not worth it.

I also forgo the Athearn motor mounts when replacing motors on old blue box locos. I just build mounts out of sheet styrene and glue in with Goop.

Rob S.

Is it the same two loco's that have been "lost" on the two HC's?

Have they disappeared from the select screen (with the loco icons) and the loco list screen (where you use the knob to scroll through the loco's)?

Can you remember doing anything like deleting pictures, making changes, doing updates when the loco's disappeared?

As the find product procedure doesn't find them that means they do exist on the HC still. I don't think accidentality password protecting them would loose them from the list Ultimately, if we can't work out what happened you many need to remove all the detected products from the HC and re-detect everything.

- Tim

This is my first post to RPUG and I have two HC-2 throttles.  They both have the same issue where two of locomotives have disappeared from the list.  I've tried the find product icon on both throttles and in all cases the response is no product found.  Has anyone else experienced this problem and has found a way to resolve it?  Thank you on advance for your help, Kevin Leddy

No worries Espee, these were the easiest converts, no milling required. I was surprised.

I did sand the speaker baffle a tad also. Those we Cruse Engineering sugar cubes 13 x 18 x 5mm ... I sanded them down to like 3 mm thick.

Fun fun fun, I get a thrill making them Railpro savvy. - Good times.

LVRR1856 I understand your dilemma with so many locomotives. I too started collecting my locomotives over 40 years ago and have a number of Athearn and Yellow box Atlas. Fortunately most of my recent acquisitions were Broadway Limited and they are very suited for digital and Railpro. I have converted pretty much all of them or while be doing the last batch of Broadway Limited soon. I have decided to not convert my Athearn as it would also require re-motoring them which I don't want to do. I have avoided the AHM/Riverossi locomotives like the plague as they are very old school technology. I do intend to convert my Atlas Yellow box locomotives are they are very good runners, however some will require some creative methods to fit the modules in. I have 3 S-1 switchers next on my list and the modules are slightly wider than the cowling so I may need to bring out the dremel tool. All that said, I want my best runners and best detailed locomotives on my layout. The Athearn are not bad but the detail is not as good as more modern models so I have eliminated converting those. Bachmann is another locomotive that I will not be able to convert. The design of Bachmann is unusual and while I have a number of K-4's I ripped out the motors and will just use them as static scrap models awaiting the torch in the yard. These decisions have to me made considering practicality, economics and physical limits. Older locomotives just did not imagine adding anything additional and used up all the space with weight, etc. You have to take all these factors in to determine what will get converted and what will not. It may seem overwhelming to calculate your total fleet and automatically think that they all have to be converted. Once you make these decisions it will seem like a loss at first but in the end you will have to compromise and you will have your best locomotives running with Railpro. Whether you sell the rest of just shelve them is up to you but you start to accept your decisions and feel better about them.

I Just ordered some LM3s from SSS and got the same response of lack of enthusiasm for Railpro but I think we can change that. I had been waiting to order from the few dealers but they all seem to be out of stock. At SSS I could not order from the website since they were out of stock so I sent an e-mail stating my needs and they will be ordered for me. I can understand not wanting to tie up a large amount of money in stock that doesn't move. Although it may take a month or more to get them back in I have been waiting since the end of the year and had to take a proactive move to get the LM3s. I suspect that it may be that there are issues with tariffs and supplies coming out of the east. I let SSS also know that will be wanted to order a few more at the end of the year so hopefully they will see more demand and keep them in stock once they are more available. I really loved working with Bill at PDC and that was a huge loss but that is the way it is. I hope SSS will become my main go to like Bill was.