Does anyone know where I can get one of these?

[The mechanic]

Hello all,

I am trying to get hold of a loco-tender connector cable for an LGB Nicky-Frank loco. Does anyone know of a source from the UK?
The previous owner of my locomotive saw fit to cut the cable off at the tender connecting plug!.. Which means I cannot isolate the locomotive and tender as one entity - the tender will still want to keep moving!!

I attach the LGB drawing (the cable required is numbered 122) and an advertisement with part number from Model-land.de.
Any help would be appreciated

Many thanks in advance

Dave

 

[PhilP]

I can supply you with a connector which will work with the sockets, but I don't have an example lead to work out if it is Pin1 to Pin1, or has a twist in it.

PhilP.

 

[The mechanic]

I can supply you with a connector which will work with the sockets, but I don't have an example lead to work out if it is Pin1 to Pin1, or has a twist in it.

PhilP.

Hello Phil,
That sounds like a step in the right direction. Do you have the pins as well as the outer plastic connector block?

Dave

 

[PhilP]

Hello Phil,
That sounds like a step in the right direction. Do you have the pins as well as the outer plastic connector block?

Dave

It is a pre-made connector.
You would need two of them, and join the wires.
See:

RC Trains RC Trains - Accessories

Electronic and hardware accessories for battery powered, radio controlled model railway / railroad locomotives

rctrains.co.uk

JST-XH 2.5mm and scroll the illustrations.

PhilP.

 

[The mechanic]

It is a pre-made connector.
You would need two of them, and join the wires.
See:

RC Trains RC Trains - Accessories

Electronic and hardware accessories for battery powered, radio controlled model railway / railroad locomotives

rctrains.co.uk

JST-XH 2.5mm and scroll the illustrations.

PhilP.

Hello Phil,

Thank you enormously for the information on the connector and cable, it explains a lot!....
So armed with this info, I took another look at the loco and tender. Now for the "red-face department!" .... I bought the loco secondhand some time last year and in all fairness it was described as a "non/rough runner" and the "cut cable" was disclosed. I sort-of half-heartedly looked for a cable assuming that as it had been "cut", it would need replacement.... Closer inspection has revealed that the cable has not been cut... It has been yanked out of the connector, the remnants of which are still engaged in the tender..... As I had not got my glasses on, I thought that this was an "eight-pin" connector....... It turned out to be a four-way connector and I was looking at the back end of the pins which are bi-furcated!!...... Do I feel a wally or what?...... It turns out that I have a few of these connectors as they are the same as the four-pin cable connectors used on the Stainz-type connector board. So at long last, I have the means to fully repair my Nicky-Frank, but I would not have been able to do it if you had not sent the above information...... Thanks a million Phil!!... I owe you for this

Oh, and next time, I'll put my glasses on!

Dave

 

[Paul M]

Hello Phil,

Thank you enormously for the information on the connector and cable, it explains a lot!....
So armed with this info, I took another look at the loco and tender. Now for the "red-face department!" .... I bought the loco secondhand some time last year and in all fairness it was described as a "non/rough runner" and the "cut cable" was disclosed. I sort-of half-heartedly looked for a cable assuming that as it had been "cut", it would need replacement.... Closer inspection has revealed that the cable has not been cut... It has been yanked out of the connector, the remnants of which are still engaged in the tender..... As I had not got my glasses on, I thought that this was an "eight-pin" connector....... It turned out to be a four-way connector and I was looking at the back end of the pins which are bi-furcated!!...... Do I feel a wally or what?...... It turns out that I have a few of these connectors as they are the same as the four-pin cable connectors used on the Stainz-type connector board. So at long last, I have the means to fully repair my Nicky-Frank, but I would not have been able to do it if you had not sent the above information...... Thanks a million Phil!!... I owe you for this

Oh, and next time, I'll put my glasses on!

Dave

I'm sure we've all done something similar