Bill and others.....

Thanks for your kind replies.  Looks like the unit is DDC Ready, which I mistakenly assumed to mean it had DDC on board.  Guess it's time to pony up for a decoder for the loco.  Its a #25699 unit which, from research I have seen is DDC Ready.  Also the board in the tender has a small jumper on it as Bill describes, and it did run fine on a DC track.

Is it difficult to install a decoder and sound and does anyone have recommendations on a manufacturer?   and can anyone offer any advice on the install?

Would love to see a class C three truck shay.

Hi all

I am new to the boards and a neophyte to DDC so please bear with me.  I just bought a DDC shay (no sound) and attempted to operate it using a NCE Powercab.  All my other Bachmann locos worked fine from the box.  This unit just sits on the track and hums, no lights, no movement and no control.      I tried resetting CV 8 =8 without any change.  Is the unit damaged or is there something I can do to do a factory default reset?

Thanks! Would appreciate any responses!