I believe that's the dummy plug to eleminate the decoder if only going to be run of a dc layout

i received my tsunami equipped 2-6-6-2 last night from fleabay...
WOW. that thing is fantastic. super smooth and the sound is really good.

^^^^ excellent idea

while we're dreaming big, how about a rotary plow?

mine are all bachmann except for my AMS #50.
they layout has 4% grades, and some are on curves as well, so the flange friction adds to the struggle.
my shay will pull 3 log(real logs) cars and logging caboose no problems
2-8-0 will pull 7 cars and caboose
davenport 0-4-0 2 cars
the #50 will take 4 around.


i find with the connie, its not going up that's the problem, its controlling the speed down.....

listing numbers of cars isnt really helping you, i could always weigh the cars and give you weight....?

just how super low and do you have a link? i checked walthers and didnt feel like cruising through 3200 possible hits... 

thanks

Thanks.

I have an older dc only gas mech that I want to convert to dcc. It has the 1.5 volt led headlamp, so I'll need a resistor. What about the motor leads? They have a resistor on each side.
Anyone have a diagram or tips? Thanks

Ok. Very simple fix once I looked at the board closely there are 2 solder contacts, unused. Labeled motor 1 and motor2. They have the track pickups going directly to the motor and to the board. Shorting the decoder. I moved the motor leads to motor1 and 2. And it's all better now

well i talked to a couple of fellas at AMS this morning, they say i have the option(at their cost) to mail the loco to them and they will repair it.... but they didnt recommend that.
they suggested if i was willing and able, just to hardwire the decoder in and eliminate their board, but gotta keep the resistors for the lights.
so, i guess i'm performing surgery tonight!

Thanks. I just installed 2 other decoders and the same problem. I sent them an email
and will call in the morning.

sorry to hijack.
rayport, you're ams 50 didnt work on dcc? mine just sits there and hums. i did install a $20 bachmann decoder, i am going to drop in an NCE unit when it arrives.

is it the loco, or the cheap decoder?

my powercab arrived last night.
my bachman 2-8-0 does not hum at all with the stock decoder. it actually works well, i need to follow the above advice and change staring cv. its doesnt move until about step 11.

that being said, i installed a bachmann 8 pin decoder in my ams #50, and it doesnt work with dcc, just hums and wont move, the headlights work, but no movement..... so i ordered an nce decoder for it... it works in dc, so i'm assuming dead decoder... 

I have the same loco and my powercab system is on the way. I'll comment once I have some results for you

At train mountain railroad museum a group of my friends ran continuously for 24 hours. But that's 1 1/2" scale and it's on 2500 acres. So alittle different.

thanks mike... that's what i was going to try...