Thank you Hunt, much appreciated

I have 2 Bachmann two truck shays and 2 Bachmann Climax. I have 4 Tsunami 2 TSU-1100 Digital Sound Decoders P.N 884006 Steam-2, plus speakers to install into these 4 Locomotives. I will be removing the PCB boards to allow for space. 

So it will be a hard wire.

What size resistor must I use to run between the LED light and the Decoder?

Thank-you
Craw

I have Two Bachmann 2 truck shay and Two Bachmann Climax I want to hard wire a Tsunami 2 TSU-1100 P.N. 884006 Steam-2 sound decoder with speaker into the Locomotive.

The PCB board that is existing in the locomotive presently will be removed to make room for the decoder and a speaker.

What size resistor do I need to buy to solder to the LED front and back of the Loco?

Thank-you
Craw

That is WOW isn't it. This will be my choice alright.

Thank you, Mabloodhound, total a no brainer.

Regards
Craw

Hi Flare

Yes I will follow up on that. I do really appreciate your valued suggestions. Thank-you again for your assistance.

Regards
Craw

 Okay so that explains to me the route that will have to be taken. Thank you once more.

With the Baldwin 4-6-0 put a side and a document history developed to what must be done DCC and otherwise I have pulled out my 2 Bachmann On30 28 Ton Two Truck Class "B" Climax Locomotives. They both have PCB boards and are strictly DC. Those I wish to covert to DCC + Sound. Space is limited on these two Loco's. Their maybe even plastic gear issues but I won't address that until I can come up with the conversion to DCC.

I would even go as far as to covert a flat bed car that would be enclosed to house all the necessary electronics/speaker. It won't be historically correct. I don't know maybe a silly Idea.

Any suggestions on tackling that project?

Thank-you
Craw

Hi Flare

Your a blessing and a true gentleman. I did the battery thing on my repaired so call not running Locomotive Bachmann Baldwin 4-6-0.

To say I am over joyed would be a total understatement! Through your suggestion of the use of the battery. Bang it run, Whahoo. Thank-you, sir. Very much appreciated.

Stay turned their will be more to come, LOL. Thank you for the learning experience.

Yes and I do agree with you sound is better. No, I wish to convert all my DC Locos to DCC. So the next question would be.

The Tender not having a Circuit PCB can I install a decoder and sound board. The speaker of course is necessary.

Regards
Craw

Thank-you Flare. I am going to have to learn to navigate their web site better. What Torn suggested above with connecting all the wires is what was done but much like the engine wiring on the Locomotive itself its terrible.

I made an error when I rewired the motor I really couldn't distinguish the color orange as the color orange to me it looked red so I went with the red. I'll have to rewire it back to what it was -- Orange --.

I am learning.

So with the purchase of that tender I would have to get a decoder as well, oh and speaker.

I have to test the motor before I carry on with anymore expense. So as it stand its a DC regardless of the "DCC ready" stamped on the bottom for all I know it could be a different tender than the original.

I got 17 Locomotives and a mess of rolling stock at an auction. Its all good stuff just some of its in disrepair and that is what I am wading though at the moment.

Thank-you
Craw 

Gentleman

I have a On30 Bachmann Spectrum 4-6-0 Steam Locomotive. Under the Tender it is stamped DCC on board. Alas, their is not, I just have the 4 pin connector and a maze of wires going no where, except the wires going to the LED light mounted on the Tender. I will need the Circuit Board, Decoder, Sound Board and the speaker.

At the engine side of this locomotive I removed the #30 wiring due to improper soldering, the use of masking tape to cover soldered joints instead of shrink wrap and I can only assume that the proper solder and flux was not used, the whole project was a disasters mess to say the least.

So I removed the grey and red factory wires at the engine points due to instability of the strand wire; replaced the grey #30 wire with #26 black strand wire and did the same on the red side using red color coded wire, re-soldered with the appropriate electrical solder and flux and then shrink wrap the joints.

I am a novice to DCC for my last layout was all DC many years back. I checked the Bachmann site for those parts, 
basically not knowing what to look I am against the wall as to do what to do. Ebay doesn't have circuit boards for that loco.

What must I do? Or were must I go to get such items?

Thank-you in advance for your direction

Craw   

Hello

I have a ON30 Bachmann Baldwin 4-6-0Spectrum. This loco needs extensive repair which I am in the process doing. It was a DCC but all the boards have been removed and just the wiring harness's are their. Initially a #30 gauge wire was in place on the motor from the factory but the wire has been moved around so much that they broke away from the resistor on the motor so I replaced all the wires leading from the motor to the LED light in the front Part#28697 and to the plug that clips to the male connecter at the Tender with #26 strand wire.

The part in question here is the front LED Housing (#28697). On this particular part there is a cap(#0AD08) and the lens (#0AU01). What is shows in the printable parts list of the Loco right of the Bachmann web site is that these two parts can be removed assume to accesses the LED contained within the housing Part #28697.

Which one is the easiest to remove? I would make an educated guess and say the # 0AD08 part at the top and then I would assume the LED would pull straight up and out of the housing but it appears to be glued, as does the lens cover #0AU01.

Two reason for replacement: I want a brighter LED and secondly I am not sure which of the two wires is the positive wire for their cut equally in length.

Any suggestions.

Thank-you
Craw 

Hi All
I have the body of a Bachmann 28 ton 2 truck shay "Little Logging Co.". Does anyone know where I could purchase the trucks and motor for this ON30 Loco? I tried ebay but no such luck. Checking the parts list on the Bachmann site here and they don't sell those parts. Any suggestions.

Thank you
Craw