Powering LEGO Trains

[THERIZE]

I'm working on a bayern G5/5 steam locomotive. And as the title suggests: i want to power it. But as i'm more into the older RC giant baseplates i know nothing about power functions and the motors i should use. I'm planning to make the receiver and the battery box in the tender but i don't know how i should do the powering. For me it's most likely to use a motor with those rubber bands and some gears. What whould be the best solution?

What i need: motor, receiver, controller and battery box.

As cheap as possible.

As less space needed.

I hope you guys can help me!

[THERIZE]

I'm building a g 5/5 and i need power functions. (I'm trying to make this topic as short a possible because chrome crashes to much when on this website.) I have no idea how power functions work as I'm used to old RC baseplates

What i need: receiver, motor, controller, battery box.

Very simple: as cheap as possible, easy to configurate and motor powers the drivers.

I'm planning to run the train at low speeds.

Hope you guys can help me!

[dr_spock]

The easiest would be to make a powered tender with the PF battery box, PF receiver and a PF train motor. The PF train motor costs a bit more than the the M-motor or L-motor or XL motor but you don't have to buy additional Technic gears and parts to make it work.

[Duq]

Don't want to be rude but have you tried the search option at all? There are numerous topics here about how to use Power Functions and about various drive trains.

You can also have a look in the Flickr train groups: https://www.flickr.com/groups/legotrainideas/pool & https://www.flickr.com/groups/legotrains/pool

Next step is to try a few things yourself and post a picture of where you get stuck. A lot of builders here are more inclined to help people who try than people who want everything handed to them on a plate.