3060

EMD F7 Märklin 3060
Santa Fe EMD F7 #337
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EMD F7
Lukumäärä	2 366 (A-yksikkö) 1 483 (B-yksikkö)
Valmistusvuodet	1949–1953
Poistunut käytöstä	(edelleen käytössä)
Pituus	15 544 mm
Massa	104 t
Huippunopeus	105–160 km/h
Pituus	17,5 cm
Moottori	SFCM
Virranottokenkä	{{{virranottokenkä}}}
Kitkarenkaat	{{{kitkarenkaat}}} ({{{kitkarenkaat-lkm}}} kpl)

»The EMD F7 was a 1,500 horsepower (1,100 kW) Diesel-electric locomotive produced between February 1949 and December 1953 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors (EMD) and General Motors Diesel (GMD).

Although originally promoted by EMD as a freight-hauling unit, the F7 was also used in passenger service hauling such trains as the Santa Fe Railway's Super Chief and El Capitan.»
(Wikipedia)

3060 & 4060 Santa Fe

The locomotive 3060 and it's trailer wagon (4060) are quite old, most likely from early 60's. I think that my father bought this somewhere around 1962-1964.

4060

Veturin 3060 moottoroimaton liitevaunu.

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Käyttöohje

Räjäytyskaavio

Muunnos digitaaliseksi

By googling from the internet I found out, that the conversion of this locomotive with Märklin mfx conversion set (item 60923) is not officially supported. Anyhow there were some notes that this conversion can be easily done if motor brushes are installed at the same time with brush plates.

MFX decoder

Locomotive 3060 "Santa Fe" conversion was made with Mfx decoder kit 60923

Before conversion

Here are some pictures from the engine prior the conversion

3060 + 4060	Boxes for 3060 and 4060.
3060 side view	3060 left side.
3060 top view	3060 top.
3060 bottom view	3060 bottom.

Cover removed

3060 chassis	Cover removed.
3060 motor	Original motor.
3060 reverse unit	Old reverse unit.

Motor conversion to high effiency propulsion type

3060 original motor	Original drive unit detached.
3060 motor parts detached	Anchor, brush plate and magnet taken away..
3060 gearbox	Gearbox after clening and oiling.
3060 new engine	This is the only tricky part. Brushes must be installed simultaneously with brush plate. We first tried to put the brush springs to their correct places and install the armature at the same time with brush plate, but this did not work. Correct way is to put the brushes to brush plate and not to load the springs! Then everything goes smoothly.
3060 engine attached to chassis	Quess who forget to put springs to brushes, and spent quite a while trying to find where the fault is.... :-) The only negative thing here is that one must remove brush plate for checking or replacing brushes!
3060 decoder	Replacing reverse unit with Mfx decoder The printed circuit is located behind the reversing unit (which is naturally not used any more).
3060 conversion completed	All parts fitted in. Still the cables needs to be put nicely. The front lamp is changed to a new one with special socket.

Conversion completed

3060 completed

Completed and tested. Everything works now fine.

Replaced parts

3060 removed parts

These parts were taken from the engine. The reverse unit were left to its original place as a extra weight

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