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[quote user="greediron"] Ok, sorry for the delay, I finally signed up for Photobucket.  Here are the photos. 1st one that looks like it is DCC ready IMO <img style="width:704px;height:auto;display:inline;" src="http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg553/greediron/IMG_20160924_231805650_TOP%20-%20Copy_zps7v69fe4t.jpg" alt=" " /> The underside of it   <img style="width:704px;height:auto;display:inline;" src="http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg553/greediron/IMG_20160926_214720271_zpsizs0yrhq.jpg" alt=" " /> And the other one that looks DCC unaware IMO <img style="width:704px;height:auto;display:inline;" src="http://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg553/greediron/IMG_20160924_232219109_zpsckqlrx0m.jpg" alt=" " /> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> [/quote] Neither are DCC ready.  N scale?   What you have on the bottom of the top board is two resistors and 3 capacitors.  Motor starting circuit would be my guess.  On the top you have the solder points for the 5 components on the bottom, plus 3 soldering pads labeled C4, C5, and C6.  My guess on that is they there because this board is one that could be put in several different Bachmann locomotives.  This is not to say that you can or cannot put DCC in these two locomotives, they both would require hardwiring in a decoder.   They are not plug and play DCC ready.  This is an example of a plug and play DCC ready locomotive: <a href="http://www.tcsdcc.com/Customer_Content/Installation_Pictures/N_Scale/Broadway%20Limited%20Imports/EMD%20E8A/EMD%20E8A.html">http://www.tcsdcc.com/Customer_Content/Installation_Pictures/N_Scale/Broadway%20Limited%20Imports/EMD%20E8A/EMD%20E8A.html</a> I did not see either of the locomotives you have in this list.  <a href="http://www.tcsdcc.com/Customer_Content/Installation_Pictures/N_Scale/N_Search/search.html">http://www.tcsdcc.com/Customer_Content/Installation_Pictures/N_Scale/N_Search/search.html</a> I am pretty sure I have the Santa Fe 6067, I will try to dig it out once my wife gets home (she packed it allong with the rest of the N scale stuff).  I believe my locomotive dates from the early 1990s before DCC became more common.
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