Once you have the power pickup inside the car, you will need
a speaker. My recommendation is to mount it with the sound
coming out the floor, and use the car body as an enclosure. The
decoder gets mounted on the roof.
Wiring is straightforward and the decoder uses NMRA standard
colors. Be aware: the wires on my unit had very tough insula-
tion, Teflon, I believe. Better have a really good pair of small
gauge wire strippers on hand. Teflon is very chafe resistant,
witness the difficulty stripping.
The SoundTraxx installation diagram is shown [3]. I must
admit I’m baffled why someone would want four lights
inside a box car. If this were an installation in a cab con-
trol car, I can see a headlight and (red) rear light, and even
ditch lights.
