HO Sound DCC installation
DCC tips, tricks, and techniques
I
n late May and early June another model railroader and
I (and our wives) traveled in Europe and just had to ride
some trains: a regional from Paris to Giverny, the Metro
around Paris, the Thello from Paris to Venice overnight, a
regional form Civitavecchia to Pisa, a regional from Barcelona
to Montserrat and a few funiculars. We had fun, but it is good
to be back home.
One of the most common areas of discussion when retrofitting
sound into a loco is how to achieve the sonic portion of the
installation design. In this column, I’m going to hit on how I did
it in some representative HO scale diesel locos.
Why HO? Okay, it’s the most popular scale. But also, it is the
smallest scale where, in my opinion, reasonable sound can be
installed. Smaller scales can make some noise, but the phys-
ics of size just limit their capabilities. Not to say that I haven’t
seen nice sound installations in N scale. But, and this is the big
DCC Impulses column
by Bruce Petrarca
Photos and illustrations by author
More about getting the sound OUT!
DCC Impulses Column - 1
MRH-Jul 2014
