N-scale locos are frequently split frame design. Also, this
loco has many common parts with Kato N-scale locomotives.
My cleaning and lubrication techniques cover a wide range
of locos.
This column is based on a lot of information presented in my
earlier columns, specifically
Wired Decoder Installation: January and February 2012:
The videos in column allow you to look over my shoulder while
I do this installation. I worked to show and explain what I was
doing along the way. I hope you’ll find it a useful tool.
I recommend the HD version, as the details may get lost on the
SD version. The numbers in the headings in this column refer to
the sections of the video. This column plus the video is a “must
have” for anybody installing DCC into split-frame locomotives.
1: Kato HO-Scale NW-2 loco painted for our club’s road
.
1
DCC Sound
HO Kato NW2 Sound Installation
W
elcome to my first column in the new Gen 2 for-
mat for MRH. Hopefully, you will find your reading
experience better than you did with the old format,
regardless of your reading platform.
This month’s
“From Mr. DCC’s Workbench”
sidebar discusses
the long awaited NCE PowerCab upgrade (version 1.65).
The Kato HO-scale NW2 is a popular loco. There were lots of
prototypes and the model runs like a top! However, it is a DCC
nightmare. In my
“DCC Ready? The Good, The Bad and The
Ugly!”
clinic, it is high on
The Ugly
list.
Here I’m going to discuss a sound installation into this loco.
While this column targets this specific HO loco, the techniques
I’ll be demonstrating apply to all sorts of locos:
Locos with split frames (two frame halves that are insu-
lated from each other, but connected to the respective
rails) in any scale
DCC Impulses column - 1
DCC Impulses column
by
How to make this switcher sing, plus a look
into my techniques ...
MRH-Jan 2013
