Sunset 4-8-0's

[NW Modeling List]

Actually, my question is more about isolation of the motor from the frame.  Is it needed?   I hate the little plugs, even if they are Deans, so I have been hard wiring the harnesses, isolating the drawbars, and modifying the tenders to isolate the trucks from the tender frame so I can use one truck for each rail for power.   I cooked a Digitrax 163 decoder in January, and haven’t tried again on that engine.  I’ve pathetically just run the other M as DC.  Still unpainted.

Mark Lindsey
Stuck in the 1930's




On 5/25/11 10:15 PM, "NW Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

Mark,

I've installed Tsunamis in my Sunset M & M-2s. They fit without any real issues in both tenders. I have a 12,000 gallon tender on the M and a 9,000 gallon on the M-2. My other M-2s have the 12,000 & 15,000 gallon ones but I haven't done any installations on them.

Everything is in the tender and a pair of plugs run the motor & lighting to the engine.

Roger Huber

--- On Wed, 5/25/11, NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org> wrote:

From: NW Modeling List <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
Subject: Sunset 4-8-0's
To: "NW Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 3:01 PM

I plan to install DCC into my pair of HO scale Sunset M's.  They run smooth
as silk on DC, but I need the lights and such to work as well.  Has anyone
had good luck putting the DCC into these cramped lil models?  I want to use
a 163 decoder.


Mark Lindsey
Stuck in the 1930's





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