Parts, Supplies and Tools
The frame will need to be milled out to provide room for the
decoder and speaker, as well as relief to get the wires from the
trucks and speaker to the decoder. I had George at TVW Min-
iatures
) do the ones that I
used for this column. The raw frames are no longer available
from Kato’s parts department, so I didn’t want to screw one up
experimenting with it.
Parts
All of the parts (except the panty hose) and most of the sup-
plies for this installation are available from Model Railroad
Hobbyist sponsor Litchfield Station
).
Decoder – SoundTraxx TSU-GN1000 with EMD 567 sound
file part 678-828050
Speaker – Railmaster Hobbies DS1425-8
Rear LED – Richmond Controls 3mm Golden White LED
Front LED – Richmond Controls SMD Golden White LED with
6 inch leads
Resistors – two each 750 ohm 1/8 or 1/4-watt
Cab floor replacement, if needed – Styrene about 1 inch by
1 inch, 0.020 inch thick
Truck wires – Super flexible 29 AWG rubber insulated wire
(Wire-2951)
Motor and rear light wires – 30 AWG wire from TCS in colors:
– Orange
– Gray
– Yellow
– Blue
Black panty hose – see text – don’t just steal your wife’s
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30
30: Lubricate the entire gear train with one drop of
85-weight Nano-Oil on each exposed gear.
31
31: Apply one drop of Never Stall to each wheel bearing.
MRH-Jan 2013
