Just bought a GP9 loco at atrain show.  The loco was on the table marked 50% off list price. The Blue box is marked  "DCC ON BOARD" Item No. 62810, HO GP9 Giesel Loco (DCC) CN# 1725.

I expected the loco to have a DCC decoder installed base on the following statements printed on the box:
 DCC-Equipped Locomotive DCC ON Board
 Main track programming
 28-step speed control

Put it on  my layout wit an NCE PowerPro DCC system.  No response.  Tried the program track and No decoder found.  Tried it on DC test track loco did run.

The vendor made no mention that the loco inside was not provided with a decoder.

Please verify the IT No 62810 and the package should contain a HO GP9 Giesel Loco CN# 1725 with a DCC decoder factory installed.

Thanks
Ed

Update

I Put loco on the programming track again changed long address to loco No and CV29 to 34.  Placed the loco again on the main  track and have been able to run the loco on DC and DCC.  I don't known what the problem was the first time; it's running now.  Right about the humming for non decoder locos.  I also looked at the assembly drawing again and have been able to remove the shell Knew there had to be screws somewhere ( under fuel tank shell)

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I have a HO Climax that has no more then 3 hours of operation on it when it developed a "hitch".  Apparently the drive gear and axle gear are not meshing and are jamming, and the front drive slip joint is always falling out.  I bought it up at the Amhearst (Springfield, Mass) train show a year ago.

I sent the Climax to Bachmann to be repaired on January 29, 2008 and called them today to be told they  haven't gotten to it yet and when they do there are no parts.  Just great!  Service?  Apparently they have a lot of returned stuff that needs fixin'.

Reading some of the other posts is there seems to be a serious flaw in the loco design and manufacturing and it is not giving me a warm fuzzy feeling that the Climax will be repaired.

It looks like they didn't do the design, engineering or quality control very well.

BTW.  I noted that there are others with the drive problems.  Has anyone tried using North West Short Line gears and other parts to repair the drives?  How about MDC shay universals?