I made the mistake of failing to state this is a Large scale loco. Thanks anyway for your response.

The main gear axle broke on my Porter.  Bachmann parts suggested I use this forum to possibly locate what I need.

Thank you

John

Is Bachmann fazing out Large Scale?  It seems like a lot of its inventory is discontinued.

Stan

Now I'm really confused.  Are you saying that the jumper board from Bachmann, that I have hooked up to the Sierra Board won't work because I'm not using DCC?  If I use the dummy board I can't get sound. Everything else works fine.

I don't think I can use both the dummy board and the jumper board together.

I really don't understand how to install the rectifier.  The Sierra battery only powers the Sierra system, I think

John

Why can't things be easier?

Hi Stan

I put the dummy board back in and the lights front and rear work.

I then removed the dummy board and reinstalled the jumper board with the Sierra board.

The way I have it attached now is:  J1 wires 1 & 2 to #8 on the Sierra Board
                                                    J1 wires 11 & 12 to #7 on the Sierra board
                                                   
                                                    J2 wires 1 & 3 to #9 & #10 on the Sierra Board for the speaker

I have tested this configuration and the sound does work when I hook up the battery, just no lights.

I'm in the process of wiring in the power on/off switch, the charging jack and the volume control switch.

I turned off the motor switch and put about 11 volts to the rails.  I heard a hum coming from the loco, but there was no voltage to J1 wires 6 & 7.  Just to be clear, I put one end of the volt meter to 6 and the other to 7.  No voltage

John and by the way thanks for all your help Stan

Stan

I tried your suggestion about the light switch on the rear of the coal box and switched to the DC position.  Still no lights

To review all four switches:  Motor = on; lights = DC; pick up= track and polarity = large scale.

John

Stan

I followed your instructions and got the sound to work.

Now, I have to get the various lights (head, backing, etc) working.

The Bachmann jumper board has so many wires and I don't know which ones to hook up to the Sierra sound board to get the lights working.   I think Nos. 4,5 and 6 on the Sierra board are the correct terminals, but what wires on the Bachmann board to hook them to, I don't know.

I tried #4 on the Bachmann board (front locomotive headlight) onto each of the Sierra #4,5 and 6 terminals, but no light.

Stan

I do have a board that has about twenty wire pieces for various functions.  I don't know how or where to hook up the wires and which wires to hook up.

I tried plugging this board into the main board (without attaching any wires) to see it the loco would move.  It did not.

I have an Sierra sound card system from my old Shay loco and I have a My Loco Sound system.  There are no wire terminals on the Bachmann dummy cards to attach these two systems.

I'm still at a loss.

Thanks

John

I got my Climax (86096) back from Bachmann.  What they did was replace the DCC board with the dummy board (that Kevin mentioned).  It runs great with my other track powered locos.  Of course, I don't have sound any more.

I would like to have sound.

My Loco Sound requires a board with wire terminals to install their system, but this dummy board doesn't have them.

Anyone have other suggestions so I can get sound on this Climax and still run on track power (DC).


Thanks

John

Thanks Loco Bill

That's the answer I wanted. It is interesting, people at Bachmann I talked with didn't know that.

Thanks

John

Hi Kevin

So, if I can get a 85096 DCC ready Climax, it will preform like my other DC (track powered) locomotives?

I don't think the 85096 comes with sound, but I was thinking I could add after market sound.  Is that correct?

Thanks for you response,

John

I have a Climax, 86096, with DCC and sound.  My layout is powered only with DC transformer power. In DC mode this loco will not start to move until about 10 volts of power is added.  All my other locos start moving at much lower voltage.  But the time my Climax gets to operating speed, my other locos are going way too fast.

I see that Bachmann also has a Climax, 85096, being DC ready , but not installed and no sound.

Does anyone know if this loco (85096) will operate at lower voltages like my other Bachmann locos?

I have an older two truck shay.  I just had Bachmann service replace the original trucks with the updated ones.  I want to install a polarity switch into the loco so I can either change directions or disable to power to it (three way switch).  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

John

I need some parts for my Shay, specifically one axle gear, a yoke assembly, the ball bearing pick-up assemblys, front step.

Any help in locating these parts is appreciated.

Thanks

John

I have a Spectrum 4-4-0 loco.  One of the wires coming from the cab caught on something and tore out.  I want to be able to get inside the chassis and resolder this wire and try to shorten the others (they're way to long).

It looks pretty complicated.

Any suggestions?

Thanks