Post by lvrr325 on Jun 9, 2019 9:20:41 GMT -8
I picked up some old stock Roco DCC starter sets to flip.
Each one has basically the same old GP40 first sold as an Atlas item 45 years ago with a factory DCC decoder and presumably other upgrades, three of the same old cars AHM sold 3,000,000 of in the same era but now with body mount knuckle couplers and metal wheels, plus their version of EZ track and a controller. Interestingly they come with three 40' freight cars but no caboose.
I presume the decoder is maybe four functions. The question is are they compatible with everyone else's DCC controls and not some oddball proprietary system - anyone know?
Not much about these online except they appear to have been a sales dud, but I didn't pay much more than I've been able to get for beat up old Atlas issue engines so I know I'm not going to get rich from them.
Edit: Going through the box one paper attached to the control is dated 2002, so that's about how old these are. The decoder looks like it has a standard 8 pin plug, other than that these are pretty basic, they even only have one light bulb. Somewhere along the line the drive was redesigned to only have one flywheel.
I can only figure they were a dud because of the dated tooling and they were probably overpriced when new.
Each one has basically the same old GP40 first sold as an Atlas item 45 years ago with a factory DCC decoder and presumably other upgrades, three of the same old cars AHM sold 3,000,000 of in the same era but now with body mount knuckle couplers and metal wheels, plus their version of EZ track and a controller. Interestingly they come with three 40' freight cars but no caboose.
I presume the decoder is maybe four functions. The question is are they compatible with everyone else's DCC controls and not some oddball proprietary system - anyone know?
Not much about these online except they appear to have been a sales dud, but I didn't pay much more than I've been able to get for beat up old Atlas issue engines so I know I'm not going to get rich from them.
Edit: Going through the box one paper attached to the control is dated 2002, so that's about how old these are. The decoder looks like it has a standard 8 pin plug, other than that these are pretty basic, they even only have one light bulb. Somewhere along the line the drive was redesigned to only have one flywheel.
I can only figure they were a dud because of the dated tooling and they were probably overpriced when new.
