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#1
HO / bachmann chattanooga train set
January 31, 2012, 11:09:18 PM
Does any one know if this engine can be converted to DCC? 0-6-0 steam locomotive and tender with operating smoke and headlight. Thanks.
#2
HO / Re: DCC and Santa Fe take 2
April 01, 2009, 11:03:37 PM
How would I hook a decoder up to this.
#3
HO / Re: DCC and Santa Fe take 2
April 01, 2009, 12:55:26 AM
Here is a pic of it's guts. Looks like a 4 axel system.
#4
HO / DCC and Santa Fe take 2
March 31, 2009, 11:41:17 PM
I got a Santa Fe Flyer set a few years ago and I want to convert it to DCC. Is this possible? I took the housing off and it only has two wires. I want to use it on my layout but I don't want engine meltdown that DC tends to do on DCC. This is the set I have. This may be the second time I posted this, if so, I apologize.
#5
HO / Re: Sluggish Engines
March 28, 2007, 10:32:58 AM
Thanks guys. I don't have any cleaning pads but I do have alcohol swabs in my first aid kit. I'll give my tracks a good wipe down.

As to SteamGene's question:  It's just an L shaped (8x8 on the long sides) medium layout. I used EZ-Track.
#6
HO / Sluggish Engines
March 28, 2007, 12:18:10 AM
I just recently built a new train board out in my garage and after setting up the EZ-Track the way I want it I tried to run my DCC engines and they were VERY sluggish as if they were not getting enough power. I even switched back to analog and had the same result. The track and Engines (1 analog & 2 dcc) have been is storage for about a year. I wiped off the track and replaced a railroad crossing piece of track with a regular piece of track. Now my analog engine runs fine except at one point in one of the curves the power dips slightly. I haven't tried the DCC engines again yet. Could being in storage for so long affected them? My analog engine started running fine after I made the changes I mentioned and I was using my hand to give it a push when it was having trouble. Could the engines just be stiff?