Ok, everyone ready for a good laugh .  I did have everything wire correctly for DCC. However since my turntable and roundhouse have been sitting for a year now and I am finally getting to the point to run it, well I put an old Rivorossi big boy on the table just for show while the other 44 stalls have been filled all with steam mind you. 
The buzzing was coming from the DC big boy sitting on DCC rails,  Duhhhh !I finally went over to look at the table first hand and felt it. It wasn't the motor in the table buzzing it was the engine.

OK i'm all set but you can all learn from this and enjoy the story, pass it please,

Keith

If I missed it in the fine print i'm sorry, is this forum only for Bachmann products or can I ask about other ?  I have the Walthers 130' turntable and I'm having difficult hooking up the wires for DCC. The directions show one thing and I been told other ways to do it either on line or video.  either way the table make a buzzing sound even when not running. I tried it DC and it works fine with no noise.

I'm confused on the wiring coming and going from the power and tracks,

Here is a pre-Thank you for any help,

Keith

Thank you for that layout of it's history. I had the very first one when I was 12 back early 70's, Jan 74 to on date. I remember opening it up and it looked just like the first one on the list.
     How I remember that is i got it the night before Larry Fine from the Stooges died.  I got up early before school to play with the new engine and on the radio the told us Larry passed, sad day for us stooge fans but even sadder because I found out how bad the new engine ran after saving lots of snow shoveling doe to get it, I was 12.

I'll have to try a new one and put the other two in the round house for rest.

Keith

I have two of the older 4-8-4 both Santa Fe.  They are not the very old ones but probably from the 80's.  No pick ups on the tenders. Point is one of them runs pretty good and good enough for a decoder but the other engine cuts in and out often on the curves.  I doublehead them and this helps because the one helps the other when it cuts off but looks too jerky then.    Thought about adding pick ups on the tender to improve this.

Has anyone tried that or have a better idea.

Also is the 4-8-4's that are sold today even better then they were 10-15 years ago or are they the same ??

Thank you,

Keith

I don't have an answer but I have four of the new ones them and two older ones and neither have a problem.  Funny how that works. On the other hand i have the Kato UP 844 and I can hardly keep her on the track, the pony wheels have very small flanges, very small.
Sorry I can't help, just compairing apples to oranges,

Keith

This is only my second day on this forum, do we have a suggestion box at Bachmann ?

I have all four road numbers Bachmann put on the n scale EM 1, I love those engines and they pull a ton, 75 ore cars doubleheading with TSU-750 sound, it's an awesome sight.   
Since Bachmann has done such a wonderful job with the EM-1 I would like to see a N&W Y6B. Yes I have the old Rivorossi, two of them but they can barely get out of their own way in pulling power.  I added more rubber tires by adding more grooved wheels, helps some but they just don't it like the EM 1's do.

Guess that can go into the wish list of probably millions of things people want,

Keith

It looks like i'll issolate more tracks in the roundhouse.  I just got off the blower with soundtraxx and they confirmed you can not put the n scale "sound Value" engines in sleep mode. 

I've installed the ECO-100 steam in a Bachmann J1, I love it and easy to do. You must cut away a major part of the inside if the tender upper deck which is under the coal load. It will not damage to outside but becarful  not to go too far or you may cut through the tender deck. The EM1 is a good one to do.

Keith

Yes I tried that and nothing. 8 does work except when turning the dcc system on for a new day brings the Bachmann engines back up.  Yes it is a striped down decoder they put in them so I don't think you can put Bachmann n scale K4 and Berks in quite mode other then CV8 which only works during the time your dcc system is running. 
   If that's the case I will have to issolate more tracks to my 44 stall roundhouse. It is very loud right now with an extra five engine air pumps banging away.   

I did look at the HO side of things and those engine have the CV113 to go into quite mode but not the n scale K4 and Berks.

Thank you,

Keith

I have two K4's and three NKP-Berks.    I know they have a soundtraxx unit in them but unlike the soundtraxx TSU-750 I install in my other engines I can find a way to put them to sleep when not in use or "quite time".   The TSU-750 calls for cv 113 for quite time. Is there a cv for the K4 and 2-8-4 Berks with factory installed decoders in scale ?

Thank you,

Keith