Installing Sierra Sound in Aristocraft u25b

[Dave]

Good evening Gentlemen and any Ladies that may be present.
   I have just gutted out my Aristocraft U24B with the intention of installing a Sierra Sound System and have discovered a heap of circuit boards relating to DCC and whatever else its designed to operate. Iwant to keep the installation simple so do I need all those bits and pieces or can I remove them without impeding the performance of the Loco.
               Cheers
                 Dave in NZ

[Steve Stockham]

Cheers Dave,
  It would probably be more appropriate to post this on one of the largescale forums seeing as how you are concerned about a Sierra sound installation. Also, since you are putting it in an Aristocraft product it would be more appropriate to post this on their manufacturer's forum (they are a competitor to Bachmann after all!)

[Matthew (OV)]

Yeah, but Steve, he can't post on Aristocraft because he's going to mention Sierra .... and Lewis makes a sound system now, so he'll get shut down in four seconds flat.  Were it a Bachmann locomotive, we'd do it here no problem, as Bachmann doesn't seem to mind how you enhance their locomotives (well ... for the moment....) ....

Since he's got a U25B, though, I'll try to get hold of him off line and help him .... depending on what control system he's using it should be pretty straightforward.

Matthew(OV)

[Steve Stockham]

Hmmm......good point! Hopefully, you can help him out! (Don't forget to steer him over to MLS, LSC and LSOL! )

[calenelson]

and ACMRR.org

[the Bach-man]

Dear All,
For the record, I have three Aristo U-Boats...
; )
the Bach-man

[Dave]

Thankyou for your replies gentlemen. Just for the record, besides my Aristocraft Loco, I have two 10 Wheelers,A Climax, a 2-4-2T, a 44 Tonner and a fair stable of rolling stock,All Bachmann of course. Besides my Modelling interests I also drive a small Diesel Loco hauling tourists on the Waihi to Waikino restored Railway here in New Zealand.I think they call it 12inches : 1ft scale.
       
         Many Thanks
             Dave Cole

[Matthew (OV)]

Dave,

Sounds good ... tell you what, you can run my trains if I can run yours.... 

1:1 scale is my particular favorite, particularly being a .8:1 sized fellow....

Sent you an e-mail too...

Matthew (OV)

[Sam Clavis]

and here I was thinking I was the only person from NZ.

[Dave]

Gidday Sam,
                Where in Aotearoa do u do your thing? I'm at Waihi [Waikino]. I dont modell any particular era but I do have a bent towards Logging and mining 1930-1950

      Cheers

       Dave Cole

[Sam Clavis]

I live in torbay,auckland.