I have the opportunity to purchase a KATO RS-2 - Canadian Pacific. I believe it was manufactured in 1999. Are these DCC ready (i.e. just need the replacement fit in decoder/no soldering)?
I have a couple of Milw. RSC2s from Kato, which is the same chassis with 6 wheel trucks vs. 4 (the trucks are interchangable by the way). Mine were DCC ready.........the board is drop in (no disassembly required), it's just a little tricky to get both motor tabs under the power strips on the board at the same time.........but no soldering. Not sure if there was an older version or not.