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I was able to get the parts I needed (replacement truck for 2-10-2<br />
and a few detail parts)<br />
Basic wiring<br />
Posted by Ed on November 13, 2002, 06:19pm<br />
Your name was given me at the "First Frost" train show @<br />
Allentown, Pa last weekend. I'm an S guage modeler and building<br />
my first layout in my basement. Have Flyer, S Helper Service and<br />
American Models locos and I vision running the layout by DCC.<br />
As you know, they are all AC. I need help with the basic wiring - by<br />
the way the layout(Module #1) features three(3) reverse loops. Is<br />
there either some advice you can provide or some publication I can<br />
get to help? With the basic wiring in place, I then need help with the<br />
right power packs, decoders for the engines, etc, etc. Many thanks<br />
for any help you can give.<br />
Ed W.<br />
Re: Basic wiring<br />
Posted by Bob Miller on November 16, 2002, 10:53pm<br />
Ed; if you want help from Tony, suggest you post your request<br />
on the email addresses he lists under Contact us. I am not sure<br />
that he monitors this forum all that often.<br />
Bob<br />
Spectrum Decoder help<br />
Posted by John O. on November 04, 2002, 10:28pm<br />
Hello everyone...<br />
At the train show here in Mihcigan this past weekend, my son<br />
selected two new engines for the branchline of our layout, a<br />
Spectrum GE 44-tonner and a Spectrum Doodlebug. Although not<br />
the first choice of manufacturer I'd pick, he likes them.<br />
So now the problem...which decoder to put in the two engines? The<br />
instructions show a circuit board with light attached, are there any<br />
drop-in decoders compatible with these boards? I'd hate to have to<br />
re-wire everything.<br />
Thanks,<br />
John<br />
Re: Spectrum Decoder help<br />
Posted by Roger Robar on November 05, 2002, 06:47pm<br />
John, as far as the 44-tonner model goes, forget about saving/<br />
using the light board, remove it. Install (hard wire) any N-scale<br />
decoder, it's a piece of cake. THEN, fill every nook and cranny<br />
with lead to greatly increase the pulling power of this great little<br />
model.My model now will haul 7 freight cars up a 2 1/2 %<br />
grade. More than the prototype.<br />
Roger<br />
Re: Re: Spectrum Decoder help<br />
Posted by e bradbury on November 06, 2002, 08:10am<br />
Model Railroader January 2001 has a great article on how to<br />
install a Digitrax N scale decoder into the 44 tonner including<br />
where to cut and mofify the motor connections.<br />
By the way, the Model Railroader Magazine web site has an<br />
index of magazine articles, "index of magazines", dating back to<br />
about 1940, or later, and includes not only MR but other model<br />
railroading magazines. By using key words or your own you<br />
can search for articles on the subject. They do not have the<br />
articles scanned in the web site, you must order them. It a great<br />
site.<br />
Re: Spectrum Decoder help<br />
Posted by Fritz Milhaupt on November 06, 2002, 12:50pm<br />
Which version of the 44-tonner do you have? The older twomotor<br />
version, or the newer single-motor version with flywheels?<br />
The old two-motor version has developed a reputation in some<br />
circles as a decoder-killer. I suspect that my own installation<br />
failure the first time around may have been partly from using a<br />
Back-EMF decoder in this dual-motor locomotive. An older<br />
Digitrax DN93 worked for the second attempt. The conversion<br />
is fussy work and not for the faint-of-heart.<br />
If you have the recent single-motor 44-tonner, installing a<br />
decoder is simple: remove two clips from the edge of the PC<br />
board and solder the decoder leads to the pads Bachmann<br />
provides.<br />
The Doodlebug actually has a decoder socket built-in, though<br />
Bachmann doesn't really call it out. Once you get it open, its<br />
location is obvious. Any decoder with the eight-pin NMRA plug<br />
should work.<br />
-fm<br />
(Ann Arbor, MI)<br />
Re: Spectrum Decoder help<br />
Posted by DonV on November 07, 2002, 01:46pm<br />
I put an NCE D104KRS in my HO scale Sprecturm Doodlebug.<br />
The D104KRS is not in current production, but may still be<br />
found. Any other new decoders that fit a Kato RS-2, RSC-2,<br />
C44-9W or Atlas U23B should also fit the Doodlebug.<br />
Re: Re: Spectrum Decoder help<br />
Posted by Dennis Lippert on November 12, 2002, 11:05am<br />
By the by... even with the NEW 44-tonner, an N-scale decoder is<br />
required. The hood of a 44-tonner isn't wide enough to accept<br />
the typical HO-sized decoder...<br />
Den<br />
Java Model Railroad Interface<br />
Posted by Don H. on October 22, 2002, 09:52pm<br />
I strongly recomend that anyone and everyone who has an interest<br />
in DCC to check out the JMRI web site:<br />
http://jmri.sourceforge.net/index.html<br />
The highlight of this project is Decoder Pro, a very user friendly<br />
software to help you program your decoders.<br />
Don H.<br />
Switch-it on Atlas Master DCC <strong>System</strong><br />
Posted by Edward M. Staib on October 20, 2002, 02:56pm<br />
I have a hon30 logging railroad. I bought the Atlas Dcc system and<br />
started buying my Tortoise turn out motors for the layout. I also<br />
bought Switch-it decodors for the turn out motors so I can control<br />
them from the Atlas Master.<br />
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