K4 pacific

[Anthony P2]

I got my K4 pacific locomotive for this past Christmas, and i love it!    I was wondering what type of sound unit do you guys use? Because when i went to your service department in the summer there was a K4 with sound. and what would the best smoke unit for it? thanks.

[ABC]

For sound go with Tsunami, and I do not advise installing a smoke unit, as it will prove to be a bad a idea, especially since you are running DCC and it makes your track dirty and DCC locos are more sensitive to this.

[Anthony P2]

thanks ABC 

[ebtbob]

I agree,   NO smoke unit.   I also agree with the Tsunami.   The Light Steam should suffice.

[Anthony P2]

i just looked on their website and they don't have the sound for a K4. i saw others like K27, but i didn't see K4.

[richg]

i just looked on their website and they don't have the sound for a K4. i saw others like K27, but i didn't see K4.

SoundTraxx has different steam decoders. Go back and look. Might be light steam or medium steam.
The Tsunami Micro will work just fine though a standard Tsunami might be easier to install. Measure the tender and look at the decoder sizes. I have looked at the diagram. Not a problem.
Take your time and you will gain a lot of experience.
I use the Micro Tsunami light steam in the Spectrum 4-4-0 and 4-6-0.

Rich

[Barney R]

This is from the Soundtraxx web site-
K4 4-6-2 Pacific TSU-1000 Medium Steam 826102 810054/ 810110

Here is the page-http://www.soundtraxx.com/choose/step3.php?t=ho&s=Bachmann
I knew I saw it once when I had the same question.

Barney

[ebtbob]

Anthony,

      Go with either the light or medium steam Tsunami.   The K27 you saw is a narrow gauge 2-8-2.

[Anthony P2]

thanks guys. o by the way are these easy to install?

[ABC]

If you can use a soldering iron well, and are familiar with the wiring it won't be exceptionally difficult. The hardest part will be finding a good set-up for the speaker and baffle.

[Clear Block]

Not to throw this off topic, For the time being I have 7 Bachmann K4s and All are using the Stock Bachmann Decoders with NMRA 8pin plug.
In Analog and now in DCC, the engine headlight seems to be dull/almost non existent.
Has anyone here ever replaced their stock headlight with a different bulb, perfectible a golden white LED?
4-Prewar
3-Postwar
on a side note; These engines look magnificent with the Con-Cor mP54s