Great information!!!  I will locate the decoder and use the dummy plug.  Thank you.  Stan

We just purchased a Bachmann Spectrum loco, item #84554, an "N" scale Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-0 steamer with DCC equipped.  We run two Bachmann "N" scale tracks, powered by an Athern standard power pack.  We have two other steamers (non-DCC), and they run at full speed.

The new C & O steamer with DCC runs very slow;  we have to turn the throttle up to full to get it to move at all.  Not the case with our other two non-DCC engines.

My question:  is there something we have to do to the DCC equipped engine to get it to run faster?  Please help.  Thank you.  Stan