I have 4 engines that I want to run on my Digitrax DCC layout im building...but I have a problem... Being new to DCC I can not find what decoder i need...Mostly i cannot find it on the Digitrax site, as they do not have a Tyco option under brand selection... I also cannot figure out what motors are even in them to see if anything else could be comaptable. Can anyone help?? lol here's a photo of them: i know one does not have a motor (but i would like to put one in with a DCC decoder) which i also need help on figuring out what i can put in... Anyone that can help, agian, is very much appreciated
1 sound decoder would be more expensive than all of those engines, is it really worth it? You will have to have the decoder soldered in. I don't think there is a drop solution for these models.
Oh I know, these have sentimental value to me as they have been in my family since they were new way back when... Also I know there's not going to be a drop in, I'm well aware I'll have to modify something else to fit but that's what I need help with lol...I need to figure out which ones I can get to control them. Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2
You can outfit those locomotives with any decoder able to fit within the shell. Digitrax DH123: http://www.digitrax.com/products/mobile-decoders/dh123d/ Walthers catalogue advertised a 'rolling chassis' with decoder & sound which you could keep your bodies and fit an entirely new, assembled, and ddc & sound powered chassis. I think this is it: http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/187-1194 That costs $, but will be well worth it. The old tyco & Bachmann trains from my youth are preserved and used daily, and quite frankly are the pride of my fleet(in my eyes), thanks to fitting a modern chassis underneath my favorite and most nostalgic F units bodies.
Very cool! Exactly the info I was looking for! Thank you I may have to look into those new chassis too... Sent from my Galaxy Note II using Tapatalk 2
