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    Re: Converting an Emerald Knight to run on 9 volt track —Elroy Davis
   (...) We had some luck adding a 9v motor to the tender and pushing the locomotive. We did find that it works best if you remove the internal gearing on the locmotive, though, to help cut down on the friction, thereby making it easier to push. -Elroy (14 years ago, 16-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
   
        Re: Converting an Emerald Knight to run on 9 volt track —Jordan Bradford
   (...) Adding it to a passenger car doesn't work very well. The engine is heavy and the internal gearing is being used in reverse, which makes it very hard to push from further back. The 9V motor running at full power can't get enough traction to (...) (14 years ago, 16-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
 

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