Sound decoder for the Spectrum "medium" Vandy

[SteamGene]

Who has a suggestion for a sound decoder for the medium Vandy tender?  It's tight in that cylinder!
Gene

[ebtbob]

Gene,

      Investigate Soundtraxx.   If I am not mistaken,  they have announced that they will sell their Blackstone version of their sound decoders as a seperate item and if it fits in the tender of an HOn3 mike,  then I dare say it should fit in the vandy tender.  If I am wrong,   the look to LokSound as they make stuff small enough for N scale.

[r.cprmier]

Gene;
A TSU-1000 will fit-and it is for a heavy locomotive (2-10-2, 2-6-6-2, etc).  I have one completed in a vanderbilt and it fits.  I put the speaker in the coal pile(actually, the coal pile is a port with holes drilled in the pile itself, covered with a sprinkling of coal and glued in place).   Check it out at Tsunami's web site, or go to tonystrains.com
Rich

[SteamGene]

Rich,
This is the small SP style Vanderbilt, not the 16V.  It would be behind a Spectrum Consolidation.
Gene

[Jake]

How about Soundtraxx Micro Tsunami? Now those are tiny!

[r.cprmier]

Gene;
If you take the garbage you do not need out of that tender, you will have room.  That Tsunami is not a large device.  Where you may have a problem is with the speaker; but a nice big coal pile will do the trick, I bet. 
Now, if you are just installing a regular 4-function decoder, might I recommend the "1021" by Train Control Systems.  I nstalled two in two Mantua camelbacks, and they work like gangbusters!  These decoders also have some super features.  It also comes with a nice long harness that you can splice onto what you have.  Check them out  at www.tcsdcc.com

I will send you a pic of mine offline.

RIch