My CSX/NS HO Railroad Part 43 A "Finishing the Kato C40-9 conversion"

This video describes some of my convesion of the Kato C44-9 to a Norfolk Southern C40-9 as inspired by Nsmodeler24.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Kato
• C40-9
• CSX
• Norfolk
• Southern
• HO
• Railroad

[TheMilwaukeeSub]

Very awesome model. But, i was wondering, where you got the ditch light castings, they look very good.

[flymanjg]

@TheMilwaukeeSub detail west

[surferdude1115]

Where did you pick up those mini surface LED'S?

[flymanjg]

 Ulrich models on the web

[modeltrain9500]

Great video!

you may want to change the title to C44-9W, which is the wide cab. I knew what you meant but others may not, just a suggestion. Very helpful video though!

[mumbles19852009]

Fiber optics are a thing of the past. LED's are the thing now. you did a really good job on that NS model. I model CSX and late Chessie. i have 2 SD-70MAC's and i want to put sound in them. the issue i have found right now is they are athearn genesis units.

[mumbles19852009]

looks really good!

[neilzep]

how much did this all cost?

[modeltrain9500]

Did you need to pt resistors or capacitors on the surface mount LED's? I noticed that on the tsunami board the function output is 3.3 V. I dont know much about LED's and voltage, but will the 3.3 volts work strait with the leds? I want to do a project like this, but I want to make sure That I will be able to do it without a huge waste of time and money. Thanks!

[elr2141979]

wow great job have you tried to convert the bulb ditch lights on the athearn sd70ace to LEDs?

[choochoo3985]

Where did you get the fiber optic rods you tried to use for the head lights on your other loco conversion! What Dia's are available? You have become a great source for knowledge and idesa.Thanks

[CSX4545]

I too am a brother in blue. Metro-Nashville

[AmtrakCSXRailfan]

Would the installation of the lights with a QSI decoder work in an athearn Dash9?

[engineerside]

How hot do those sub miniature led's get? This is a great video! Any place you can recommend that may have a Kato High number board shell for sale, I'm in the process of going to a NS layout.