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Hello! Before I post I would just like to thank you all for all of the fabulous info that I have gleened as I lurked here for several weeks. My 2 boys and I are so very excited to be doing this (Dad is probably more excited at the moment!) I have 3 C&NW F7As that I have bought and detailed out with road numbers, breaks, windsheilds and the like. We have decided on going the DCC (Digitrak) route as the local club here uses it. I popped open the top (413[:D]) and found NOTHING like I expected. There is a solid metal par that runs across the top delivering the power to the motor to complete the circuit. Where the heck do I put the chip? What if I want to put in one of those Tsunami chips when they come out? I don't see how I can get the space to do this. Do I have to /gulp go the BLI route? Those are 209 a pop and I really don't want to go that route if I don't have to. My layout is going to consist of 4 towns on the old Northwestern Passenger line of the C&NW in 1978ish. I know I will need 3 F7As with DCC, only question is do I have to go buy 3 new ones, or is there a kit I can put into my current locomotives. Thank you all so much, Andrew
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