Is this possible?  Have any of you tried it and been successful? 

Man, can you open a can of worms with this question.  The overall opinion of the MRC motor and sound decoders is to get as far away as possible, and stay there.  I have a factory installed one in my Roundhouse 4-4-0, and although the sound is okay, the motor control is terrible.  On the other hand, I have a Spectrum 2-8-0 with the factory installed Tsunami and it is fantastic.  As a matter fact Athearn is releasing all new Genesis and Roundhouse sound equipped engines with the Tsunami, and dropping the MRC decoders.  MRC really needs to do some work on the decoders, as their DCC systems seem to be very good.

Wow.

Slam.

Someone needs decaf.

Take another look inside the box.  My Spectrum 2-8-0 has a "false" back.  It actually hides all the documents there.  Take everything out of the box and check for a finger tab to remove the false back.  All your paperwork and cd should be there!

Sounds like it's time for the Board of Directors to fire the CEO!!!

Am I reading correctly that this would be an accurate representation of an early 1900's 4-4-0?

What is meant by the modern label on the Spectrum 4-4-0?  What is modern?  1900?  1920?  Obviously this is not a 1850 example, but can someone please elaborate?

Quote from: SteamGene on April 21, 2009, 06:28:08 PM
Easy method.  Buy a Proto 2000 USRA 0-6-0.  Find, buy, aquire a single axle pony truck and mount it at the front of the 0-6-0.  You now have a DCC ready/DCC sound onboard Bachmann 2-6-0.  AND it has an operating front coupler.
Gene

I hope the Bach-Man is listening here.  There seems to be a resounding theme for a 2-6-0.  And it's not just here.  Go to the trains.com forum, or most of the other popular MRR forums.  Do a search for "ho 2-6-0"  You'll find a rather large part of the population screaming for a Spectrum 2-6-0 mogul.  Why oh why are we not heard?  And if we are heard, and something is being developed in R&D, a small leak of info would certainly generate some interest!!!

You can see them here:  http://www.roundhousetrains.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=RND84827

Quote from: Guilford Guy on April 05, 2009, 07:40:14 PM
The roundhouse cars are foobies. The B&M ones were mostly 68 foot cars, although there were a few 66 footers, but the Athearn Roundhouse ones are 50ft. Their is a company that was going to come out with them in resin, but I don't know what became of that, and there is a company based in Methuen Massachusetts, who is re-releasing the old Ambroid Cars with new Laser Cut parts, and upgraded details. They have already announced a new production of the old Ambroid B&M Snow Plow, and I believe the commuter coaches will be coming out in late 2009/2010. It sure would be nice to have a 2-6-0 to pull a few...

I had no idea.  Never mind my previous post then.  I have my set and I like them, no real matter to me that they are not 100% correct.  Sorry if I was steering anyone in the wrong direction.  I need to do more research!

For those looking for the 1930's passenger cars, check out Roundhouse trains.  Although the B&M livery is hard to find, there are many others.  And yes I was lucky and found some in B&M colors!

Quote from: pdlethbridge on April 03, 2009, 11:02:00 AM
How about a nice mogul for us?

I'd give up quite a bit of coin for one of those in the Spectrum line...

At the last trip to my LHS I was told that adjusting the CV's could make my Connie sound more "realistic".  I know how to access the CV's thru my Powercab, but don't know which ones to adjust and to what number.  So can anyone help me out?   Give me a list of the CV's you have changed, the values entered, and what each one does?

Sorry for sounding dumb.  I'm still pretty new at this and don't want to screw up my loco!

Jay

I'd head to the local LHS and see if they have two or three different ones and give them all a try.  I did that and used the Bachmann, NCE, and Digitrax.

I wound up with the NCE powercab.  They all are good starter dcc sets and you cannot really go wrong with any of them!

Best of luck.

Taking my whole fleet of locos to the "shop" for some long overdue maintenance.

I also just purchased the Walthers Ice House which will be bashed into my Ice Company.  Adding a few structures here and there.  Getting ready to put the rubber to the asphalt and get working on the scenery...